Part 3: Palestine in the Modern Era

The origins and decline of the Ottoman Empire; Mehemed-Ali tries to establish an empire; the Westernization of the Ottoman Empire; Syria-Palestine under the Ottomans; administrative policies in the Ottoman Empire; Abdul Hamid takes power; the coup by the CUP

The ghettoization of Jews in Europe; Jewish assimilation in Central and Western Europe; early Zionists in Western Europe; Jewish assimilation in Eastern Europe; early Eastern European Zionists; the realization and growth of Zionism; Zionism in the First World War

Education and the birth of Arab nationalism; the growth of the movement; the Hashemites’ role in the Arab revolt; Sharif Husayn and the McMahon correspondence

The Arab uprising and the First World War; the Sykes-Picot agreement; the Balfour Declaration; the postwar settlement; the Paris Peace Conference; French betrayal and Arab resistance

The British take political control; Zionist activism; the British mandate; Herbert Samuel; Hajj Amin; political strife and the 1922 White Paper; new measures by Samuel

Immigration and land acquisition; collaboration and resistance; the Jewish economy and industry; the autonomous Jewish education system; Palestinian collaborating parties

Ze’ev Jabotinsky; Chaim Weizmann; David Ben-Gurion; comparing Ben-Gurion and Weizmann

Palestinian influence on the Arab uprising; spreading political ideology; the 1929 Palestinian uprising; the revolt of 1936–1939; the mufti in exile; Husayn bin Ali and his sons; the partition plan; Britain withdraws

The context of the Nakba; the civil war; Deir Yasin; operations in eastern Galilee; operations in Haifa and western Galilee; Jerusalem and Jaffa; agreement between Abdullah and the Zionists; the Arab League war plan; Arab Legion operations; UN mediation efforts; the Ten Days’ War and the assassination of Bernadotte; armistice; after the Nakba; the All-Palestine Government; conclusion