ATS3582 · Palestinians and Israelis: Entangled histories

Overview

In this unit you will undertake a historical analysis of the changing dimensions of Palestinian-Israeli relations from the rise of Zionism to the present day. You will study themes such as Jewish-Palestinian relations under the Ottoman Empire and British Mandate, the emergence of Jewish and Palestinian nationalism, Zionist ideology, the impact of the Holocaust, the birth of Israel in 1948 and the Palestinian refugee crisis, war, the status of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, the rise of the PLO, the Intifadas, and the role of external actors in shaping Israeli-Palestinian relations

Areas of study: History International relations Jewish studies

Offerings

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Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

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Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Discuss the competing narratives and claims of Israelis and Palestinians, and how the past informs current perceptions of these relations;
2. Describe the historiographical debates about the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations;
3. Recognise and explain the broader regional and global implications of Palestinian-Israeli relations;
4. Illustrate how key documents framing Palestinian-Israeli relations have been contested by different parties and political streams;
5. Interpret the role of the media in shaping perceptions of Palestinian-Israeli relations;
6. Distinguish between different schools of thought in current historiographical debates about Palestinian-Israeli relations.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.