Contemporary Middle East: Conflicts, Crisis, and Challenges

5/12 Week 12 Israel and Palestine


Reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDE5roO95I&ab_channel=VoiceofAmerica


Obligatory:

HAMID, Shadi a MCCANTS, William Faizi (ed.). Rethinking political Islam. New York: Oxford University Press, [2017]. ISBN 978-0-19-064919-7.

King Abdullah II of Jordan. 2012. Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril. 2. nd ed. Penguin Books. Chapter 27 pages 307-28

Bowen, Jeremy. 2023. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History. 2.nd ed. Picador. Chapter 24, 25; pages 291-328


Recommended:

HOURANI, Albert Habib. A History of the Arab Peoples. London: Faber and Faber, 2005. ISBN 0-571-22664-7. Chapter 26 p. 434 - 472

Bregman, Ahron. 2015. Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories. 2.nd ed. Penguin Books. Chapter 14 and Conclusion, p. 289-314

For the wrap up a little bit of Egypt and Turkey's positions in the Araba Spring for those who could have missed these in the course.

Cook, Steven A. 2017. False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East. 1st ed. USA: Oxford University Press. Chapter 5 and 6