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Syllabus Palestinian "Muqawama": Jihad Hamas and Islamic - 1592
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Last update 18-10-2024
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Semester:

Teaching Languages: English

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Dikla Cohen

Coordinator Email: dikla.cohen4@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: by email

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Dikla Cohen

Course/Module description:
Online course: introduction to the Palestinian resistance

Course/Module aims:

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Identify prominent events of Palestinian history and demonstrate elements of resistance within Islamic factions of the Palestinian arena

Attendance requirements(%):
90

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:

Course/Module Content:
short history of the Palestinian issue
Hamas and PIJ: ideology and activity

Required Reading:
Cohen Shalom, Khomeinism in Gaza, in: New Outlook, March 1980, pp. 6-9.
Dekmejian Hrair, Islam in Revolution- Fundamentalism in the Arab World, NY,1995, pp. 195-201.
Ganor Boaz, The Islamic Jihad: The Imperative of Holy War, in: Survey of Arab Affairs, 15 February 1993, pp. 1-6.
Israeli Raphael, Fundamentalist Islam and Israel- Essays in Interpretation, Maryland, 1993, pp. 123-128.
Jubran Michel and Drake Laura, The Islamic Fundamentalist Movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in: Middle East Policy, Volume 2, 1993, pp. 1-15.
Mayer Thomas, Pro-Iranian Fundamentalism in Gaza, Chapter 6, in: Religious Radicalism and Politics in the Middle East, edited by: Emmanuel Sivan and Menachem Friedman, pp. 143-155.
Suha Taji-Farouki, Islamists and the Threat of Jihad: Hizb al-Tahrir and the Muhajiroun on Israel and the Jews, in: MES, Vol.36, No. 4, Oct. 2000, pp. 21-46.

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 90 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 10 %

Additional information:
 
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