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| Course Code : | 3200PSWMOO | | Study domain: | International relations and di | | Semester: | Semester: 2nd semester
| | Contact hours: | 45 | | Credits: | 6 | | Study load (hours): | 168 | | Contract restrictions: | Credit and exam contract not possible
| | Language of instruction : | Dutch
| | Exam period: | exam in the 2nd semester
| | Tutor(s) | Ludo Abicht
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1. Prerequisites
At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:
Specific prerequisites for this course:
No specific prerequisites required.
2. Learning outcomes
knowledge of the historical development and complexity of the problem. Understanding of the various positions taken by Israel, the Palestinians, the Arab countries, the European Union and the USA. Insight in the unavoidable entanglement of politics, economy and religion in this conflict.
3. Course contents
This seminar starts with an overview of the history of the Jews. Next, the following concepts are analysed: anti-judaism, antisemitism and zionism. The Palestinian resistance is placed next to the path from the first kibboetzim to the Jewish state. It is important to obtain an insight in the relation between religion and politics in Israel/Palistina. Next we look at the negotiations and take a closer look at the different core issues and the attempts at finding a mutually agreeable solution.
4. Teaching method
Class contact teaching: LecturesSeminars
Personal work: Assignments:Individually
5. Assessment method and criteria
Continuous assessment: Participation in classroom activities
Written assignment: Without oral presentation
Presentation
6. Study material
Required reading
a reader (Midden-oosten seminarie, C11331102, Cursusdienst Universitas).
Optional reading
The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:
Abicht, L., Eén maat en één gewicht. Een kritisch essay over Israël-Palestina, 2002.
Faure, C. Shalom. Salam. Dictionnaire pour un meilleur approche du conflit israélo-palestinien, 2002.
Gresh, A., Israël, Palestine. Vérités sur un conflit, 2001.
Gresh, A. et Vidal, D., Les 100 clés du Proche-Orient, 2003.
Leibowitz, Y., Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State, 1995.
Lewis, B., Palestina en de Palestijnen, 1975.
Manor, Y., Het Antizionisme,1984.
Mearsheimer, J. & Walt, S., The Israel Lobby and U. S. foreign Policy, 2007.
Morris, B., The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, 2004.
Nilus, S. A., World Conquest through World Government. The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, 1972.
Pappé, I., De etnische zuivering van Palestina, 2008.
Peres, S., Het nieuwe Midden-Oosten. Mijn verhaal, 1993.
Potok, C., Omzwervingen. De geschiedenis van het joodse volk, 1989.
Rodinson, M., De joodse natie in droom en daad, 1988.
Said, E., The Politics of Dispossession, 1995.
Sand, S., Comment le people juif fut inventé, 2008.
Segev, T., 1967, 2005.
Shlaim, A., The Iron Wall. Israel and the Arab World, 2000.Warschawski, M., Programmer le désastre. La politique israélienne à l’œuvre, 2008.
7. Contact information
Ludo.Abicht@ua.ac.be
(+)last update: 07/03/2012 11:40 sonja.vos
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