Conflict in the Holy Land
Pastor Craig Hunter - Winter-Spring 2004

Session 1 – January 25^th – Introduction, Pastor Craig’s background, Geography of the Holy Land, Resources for Further Information, Sources to Listen To

Session 2 – February 1^st – Zionism and the British mandate, Christian Zionism, Labor Zionism, Political Zionism, Early Jewish dissent, World War I, the Balfour Declaration, the Sykes-Picot agreement, Jabotinsky and Revisionist Zionism, the Peel Commission, the Arab Revolt

Session 3 – February 8^th – The 1947-1949 War, the Holocaust, the United Nations Partition Plan, Demographics, Negotiations with Jordan, Plan Dalet and the Palestinian refugees, United Nations Resolution 194, the War with the Arab countries, Deir Yassin, Destroyed villages

Session 4 – February 15^th— From 1949 to 1967, Palestinian citizens of Israel (Present Absentees, Unrecognized villages), Negotiations for Peace, Infiltration and Retaliation, the Suez War, Kfar Kassem, Development of Nuclear Weapons, the De-Militarized Zone with Syria

Session 5 – February 22^nd – 1967 until 1982, Escalation to the Six-Day War, The Beginning of the PLO, Failed Negotiations for Peace, The War of Attrition, Black September, The Yom Kippur War, The Koenig Report, The Settlement Movement (Gush Emunim), Camp David and the Treaty with Egypt

Session 6 – February 29^th – The Lebanon War and the First Intifada, Invasion of Lebanon, Sabra and Shatila massacres, Situation of Palestinian citizens of Israel, The Rise of Hamas, PLO Conference in Algiers, The Gulf War

Session 7 – March 14^th – Oslo peace process, The Allon Plan, The Oslo Peace Accords, Final Status Negotiations, Hebron and the massacre, the Palestinian Authority, Assassination of Rabin, The Policy of Closure, Settlement Expansion, Election of Netanyahu, Election of Barak, Camp David talks, Taba negotiations

Session 8 – March 21^st – The current intifada, Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount, Suppression of Revolt, the election of Sharon, Roadblocks, Closure, Curfew, Water, The Roadmap for Peace, September 11, The Invasion of Jenin, the Destruction of Infrastructure

Session 9 – March 28^th – The current intifada II,

Session 10 – April 4^th – The Role of the United States, Rejection of Jewish immigration, Eisenhower’s stand against Israel, Support for Israel, Connections to the 1967 war,  USS Liberty, Support for the 1973 War, The Rise of AIPAC (the Jewish lobby), The rise of Apocalyptic Christianity,  American foreign aid, The United Nations and the United States

April 11^th?? –

Session 11 – April 25^th??  --

?? Special Session ??  -- Update on the current situation

?? Special Session ?? – Christianity and Zionism

Session 12 – May 2^nd – The role of the media

Session 13 – May 9^th –  The role of the churches and theologians

Session 14 – May 16^th – The Old Testament and the conflict

Session 15 – May 23^rd – The book of Revelation

Session 16 – May 30^th – Apocalyptic Christianity

Session 17 – June 6^th – Taking action:  What we can do
 

Other information for downloading

Class Schedule (download for printing)
Sources
Resources for further information
Jewish Dissent (up to 1947)
Quotations (up to 1947)
Timeline 1 (up to 1947)
Timeline 2 (1940s)
Timeline 3 (1949-67)
Timeline 4 (1967-82)
Timeline 5 (1982-92)
Oslo, Camp David and Taba
Statistics - Oslo Period
Political Events, Glossary of Political and Geographical Terms (1982-92)