Israeli-Palestinian conflict Portfolio
PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS
- What does it mean to be Jewish?
- What is Zionism?
- What is anti-Semitism?
- How is the concept of genocide argued in the current debate?
- What is the Holocaust?
- What is a terrorist organisation?
- What is the Nakba?
- What is Hamas?
- The concept of apartheid as applied to Israel: debates and implications
GENERAL QUESTIONS BEFORE 1948
- Who lived in Palestine and ruled it until the end of the First World War?
- What is anti-Semitism?
- What is Zionism?
- What does it mean to be a Zionist today?
- In what context was the State of Israel created?
- Why was there no Palestinian state in 1947?
State of Israel
- What is anti-Semitism?
- Who lived in Palestine and who ruled it until the end of the First World War?
- In what context was the State of Israel created?
- What wars have pitted the State of Israel against its Arab neighbours?
- Is Israel a colonial state? What do the facts say?
- The concept of apartheid as applied to Israel: debates and implications
PALESTINE
- Who lived in Palestine and governed it until the end of the First World War?
- What does it mean to be Palestinian?
- Is Palestine a state?
- In what context was the State of Israel created?
- What is the Nakba?
- What is the role of UNRWA, which was created for Palestinian refugees?
- How did Palestinian nationalism come about?
- Where do Palestinians live today?
- What wars have pitted the State of Israel against its Arab neighbours?
- What is a terrorist organisation?
- What is Hamas?
- What do the Oslo Accords represent?
- What have been the various statuses of Gaza since the 20th century?
- What are the living conditions of Israeli Arabs?
THE JEWS
- What does it mean to be Jewish?
- Where do Jews live today?
- What is anti-Semitism?
- What is the Holocaust?
- What is Zionism?
- What does it mean to be a Zionist today?
- What does it mean to be an anti-Zionist today? Is an anti-Zionist anti-Semitic?
- Why and how many Jews have been expelled from Arab countries since 1948?
- A brief history of the Jewish people
- What do the Oslo Accords represent?
- Do all Israelis agree with their government?
- Do Jews in the diaspora vote in Israel?
- What does it mean to be a Zionist today?
- What does it mean to be an anti-Zionist today? Is an anti-Zionist anti-Semitic?
CONFLICT SINCE 7 OCTOBER 2023
- What happened on 7 October 2023 and afterwards?
- What does the slogan ‘From the river to the sea’ mean? Who uses it?
- Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict political or religious?
- What do Palestinians think of Hamas?
- What does the ‘importation of the conflict’ referred to in the media mean?
- What attempts and prospects are there for a two-state solution?
HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL OVERVIEW
- Who lived in Palestine and governed it until the end of the First World War?
- Is Palestine a state?
- What is the Holocaust?
- In what context was the State of Israel created?
- Why was there no Palestinian state in 1947?
- What wars have pitted the State of Israel against its Arab neighbours?
- What is the Nakba?
- Why and how many Jews have been expelled from Arab countries since 1948?
- How did Palestinian nationalism come about?
- What do the Oslo Accords represent?
- What happened on 7 October 2023 and afterwards?
- Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict political or religious?
Appendix
- Appendix 1. A brief history of the Jewish people
- Appendix 2. Maps
- Appendix 3. Chronology
- Appendix 4. Glossary
- Appendix 5. Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel – 1948 (excerpt)
- Appendix 6. Hamas Charter (excerpt)
- Appendix 7. Bibliography