POL-UA 540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Jewish National Fund, Mandatory Palestine, Ethnocracy
13 Dec 2016
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2 very different narratives about the conflict. Heavy media coverage of spectacular events in the conflict. Professor will argue historical process does matter. Wants to point out that while changes have happened, they"re less to do with war and peace, but more to do with day-to-day incremental struggles within communities. War and peace are outcomes, not cause of change. 1948 war marks the start of this period. Civil war between jews and palestinians (ongoing) May - israel declares independence, start of interstate war between. War ends with israel defeating arab armies and conquering even more land than falls within the partition (all land within green line) Institutions of jewish mandate palestine transform seamlessly into israel. Israel is a party state, dominated by labor party (european intellectuals) Goal: create new nation from new zionist man (departure from jews" self-image as mere victims) Jewish national fund and german reparations helped fund the institutions.
