Summer 2007
(Instructor: Adnan Musallam)
email: musallam@bethlehem.edu
Office: Millinium410
Phone & extension: 274-1242 ext. 2339
I. This is an introductory survey of modern Palestinian history from the late Ottoman period and until the present. It assumes that the student has no prior knowledge of Palestinian history. With that in mind the course will set out to focus on the following :
1) Trends in Palestinian history on the eve of World War I including the rise of both British Christian Zionism and Jewish Zionism as well as Arab nationalism and Palestinian Arab nationalism.
2) The Arab East and World War I, 1914-1918, and post-War settlements including President Wilson's vision of a new world order and its impact on the emerging Palestinian problem. Special attention will be given to war-time and post-war documents (1916 -1920) that shaped the future of the area.
3) Palestine under the British 1917/1918 - 1948 with a close look at the nature of Palestinian Arab Society, emergence of the Jewish National Home, and Palestinian Arab nationalism, British policies, Arab-Jewish confrontations, the rise of factionalism in the Palestinian nationalist movement, Palestinian uprisings, and emerging demographic trends.
4) The Palestine War and the Arabization and internationalization of the Palestine Problem, 1947 - 1966, including the making of the Palestine Arab refugee problem and the emergence of the PLO and "feda'iyyin" groups.
5) The 1967 War and its consequences on the Arabs and the Palestinians. The rise of the "feda'iyyin" in the PLO. Jordan - PLO relations and the 1970 "black September". The impact of the Ramadan / October 1973 War on Arab and Palestinian politics. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon 1982 and its impact on Palestinians. Prelude to the Intifada, 1982 1987. The rise of Islamic groups.
6) The Intifada, the Gulf War, the New World Order, and the Madrid / Oslo peace processes, the second Intifada.
7) Conclusions: Historical inferences and future visions.
II. Selected readings from the following:
1. Alexander Scholch, Palestine in Transformation, 1856-1882, Studies in Social, Economic and Political Developments, Washington,D.C., Institute for Palestine studies, 1993.
2. George Antonius, the Arab Awakening, New York, 1939.
3. Adnan Musallam, "Christian Arabs and the Making of Arab Nationalism", Al-Liqa Journal, Jerusalem, vol. 6 (Feb. 1996), pp. 27-47.
4. Muhammad Y. Musleh. The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism, New York, Colombia University Press. 1988.
5. Rosemary Sayigh, Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries, London, Zed Press, 1979.
6. Manuel S. Hassassian, Palestine: Factionalism in the National Movement (1919-1939), Jerusalem, PASSIA, 1990.
7. Issa Khalaf, Politics in Palestine. Arab Factionalism and Social Disintegration, 1939-1948, Albany, SUNY Press, 1991.
8. The Transformation of Palestine: Essays on the Origin and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, ed. by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Evanston, Northwesterm University Press, 1971.
9. Benny Morris. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947- 1949, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1989.
10. Howard M. Sachar, A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to our Times, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
11. Intifada: Palestine at the Crossroads, ed. By Jamal Nassar & Roger Heacock, New York, Praeger, 1990.
12. Erskine B.Childers: The Worldless Wish: From Citizens to Refugees.
13. Ziad Abu Amr, “Hamas, A Historical and Political Background,” Journal of Palestine Studies, Summer 1993, pp.5-19.
14. Kathleen Christison, “US Policy and the Palestinians: Bound by a Framce Of Reference,” Journal of Palestine Studies, Summer 1997, pp.46-59.
15. The PLO and Israel: From Armed Conflict to Political Solution, edited by Avraham Sela and Moshe Ma’oz, New York, St. Matin’s Press, 1997.
16. PASSIA Diary, 2007.
17. Documents on Palestine, From the Pre-Ottoman/Ottoman Period to the Post-Hebron Agreement, edited by Mahdi Abdul Hadi, 2 Vls, Jerusalem, PASSIA, 1997.
III. Grade Distribution:
Class discussions are an integral part of the learning process. The student is expected to play an active role in each class. Class attendance and performance are crucial elements in the final grades. He or she is expected to come to class prepared and to give critical reports on both required and outside readings. Likewise, he or she is required to present two papers both oral and written.
Grade Distribution:
| 2 quizzes |
20% |
| Final exam |
20% |
Two papers
i.One critical book review |
15% |
| (both oral & written presentation) |
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| ii. Field survey) : The Meaning of the Nakbeh |
25% |
| (1948-1998) both will concentrate on Palestinian 1948 Nakbeh and the rise of the State of Israel. |
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| Class attendance / Performance |
20% |
| |
100% |
