A synopsis for Lockdown lecture, Monday 22 July Intro and recap The Early Years The 6 Day War and The Yom Kippur War The First Intifada and Oslo Accord The Second Intifada Israel's withdrawal from Gaz
The situation in 1945: Recap Events in Palestine and New York Last Days of The British Mandate 1947/48 1948: Israeli independence declared 1948/49 Arab-Israeli War and Nakba A very recently published
The Second World War in The Middle East Overview Brief references to North Africa Campaign French Mandated territories of Syria and Lebanon come under Vichy control Middle East divides between Allies