Course Description : | This course explores the Zionists’ ambitions in Palestine, Palestine in the First World War, the Balfour Declaration, the British Occupation (1923-1920), the British Mandate and the British policy in Palestine, In addition, the course examines the National Palestinian Movement (1920-1948), the Intifada ( uprising of 1920), the buraq Uprising, the revolution of ( 1947-1949 ) and the Unification of the two banks of Jordan . Other important issues include the Israeli aggression on Egypt in 1956, the Arab-Israeli war ( 1967). The Palestinian resistance movements, the Ramadan war of 1973, the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon in 1978 and 1982, the Arab Summits and the Palestinian Cause, Madrid International Conference 1991, Oslo Agreement 1993 and the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( 2000 – 2005 ). |