Suggested Sources: Israel and Palestine

As part of the course assignments for POLS 121-Introduction to international Relations, students chose a topic to follow closely throughout the spring 2024 semester in connection to our course material. One of the topics chosen was the issues surrounding Israel and Palestine. Each group shared what they thought were ten essential sources (in the news and in the Internet) for understanding the conflict. Below I share the sources highlighted by the students.

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Group 1
Alsaafin, Linah. “What’s the Israel-Palestine Conflict about? A Simple Guide.” Al Jazeera, March 10, 2024. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/whats-the-israel-palestine-conflict-about-a-simple-guide.  
What’s the Israel-Palestinian conflict about and how did it start? | reuters. Accessed April 10, 2024. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/whats-israel-palestinian-conflict-about-how-did-it-start-2023-10-30/. 
Yazbek, Hiba, and Thomas Fuller. “Israel Steps up Attacks in Gaza amid Cease-Fire Talks.” The New York Times, February 23, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-cease-fire.html. 
Gross, Terry. “How the War between Israel and Hamas Widened into a Regional Conflict.” NPR, January 25, 2024. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226856416/how-the-war-between-israel-and-hamas-widened-into-a-regional-conflict. 
Newman, David, and Haim Yacobi. "The role of the EU in the Israel\Palestine conflict." Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2004). Introduction (birmingham.ac.uk) 
Bigg, Matthew Mpoke. “What We Know about Iran’s Attack on Israel and What Happens Next.” The New York Times, April 14, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/world/middleeast/iran-israel-drones-attack.html?searchResultPosition=3. 
Faris, Hani, ed. The failure of the two-state solution: The prospects of one state in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. https://books.google.com/books?id=EhGMDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PR5&ots=xWobDmEhqv&dq=israel%20and%20palestine%20conflict&lr&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=israel%20and%20palestine%20conflict&f=false 
Vinall, Frances, Leo Sands, Miriam Berger, and Bryan Pietsch. “Middle East Conflict Live Updates: IDF Limits Presence in Northern Gaza; U.S. Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen.” MSN, February 1, 2024. https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/middle-east-conflict-live-updates-iran-says-it-s-not-looking-for-war-as-u-s-hints-at-jordan-attack-response/ar-BB1hAE4a. 
Elgindy, Khaled, Adrianna Pita Natan Sachs, Natan Sachs Kevin Huggard, Jeffrey Feltman Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Shibley Telhami. “Recognizing Israeli Settlements Is about Sovereignty, and That’s a Game-Changer.” Brookings, March 9, 2022. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/recognizing-israeli-settlements-is-about-sovereignty-and-thats-a-game-changer/. 
“The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem - CEIRPP, DPR Study, Part II: 1947-1977.” Question of Palestine, www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-202927/. ​

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Group 2Arab League demands action to stop Israeli crimes against Palestinians. (2024, January 22). Arab News. https://arab.news/6fj4qLinks to an external site. 
Beaumont, P., & Wintour, P. (2024, February 6). Israel confirms deaths of 31 hostages as Hamas responds to truce proposals. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/06/fifth-of-remaining-hostages-in-gaza-are-dead-report-saysLinks to an external site. 
Bouri, & Roy, D. (n.d.). The Israel-Hamas War: The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza. Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/israel-hamas-war-humanitarian-crisis-gazaLinks to an external site. 
Chen, H., Haq Noor, S., Sangal, A., & Powell, T. (n.d.). March 1, 2024—Israel-Hamas war. CNN. Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-03-01-24/index.htmlLinks to an external site. 
Gaza Crisis | International Rescue Committee (IRC). (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://www.rescue.org/topic/gaza-crisisLinks to an external site. 
“Gaza is a massive human rights crisis and a humanitarian disaster.” (n.d.). OHCHR. Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2024/01/gaza-massive-human-rights-crisis-and-humanitarian-disasterLinks to an external site. 
Human Rights Watch. (2024). Help Us Reach Our $25,000 Emergency Goal!: Events of 2023. In World Report 2024. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/israel-and-palestineLinks to an external site. 
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. (n.d.). Amnesty International Canada. Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://amnesty.ca/what-we-do/israel-the-occupied-territories-and-state-of-palestine/Links to an external site. 
Israel vows to fight Hamas all the way to Gaza’s southern border | AP News. (n.d.). Retrieved April 5, 2024, from https://apnews.com/article/israel-egypt-gaza-war-border-philadelphi-corridor-2b8c101ef0cb591552e264f11b1e99f8Links to an external site. 
Nichols, M. (n.d.). Explainer-The UN Security Council demanded a Gaza ceasefire—What happens now? Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/explainer-the-un-security-council-demanded-a-gaza-ceasefire-what-happens-now/ar-BB1kAmjVLinks to an external site.  
Khan, A. (2024, April 5). Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories Crisis six months on: Small steps towards a ceasefire but more needed as Gazans face untold suffering. Amnesty International Australia. https://www.amnesty.org.au/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories-crisis-six-months-on-small-steps-towards-a-ceasefire-but-more-needed-as-gazans-face-untold-suffering/Links to an external site. 
Nakai, F. (2023, November 29). What you need to know: Escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza. Amnesty International Australia. https://www.amnesty.org.au/what-you-need-to-know-escalating-conflict-in-israel-and-gaza-eoy-t/Links to an external site. 
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Group 3

Shurafa, W., Federman, J., & Magdy, S. (2024, February 22). Israel-Hamas war: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 48 | AP News. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-22-2024 e8687b7235d0ac066170f3e5a72ce544Links%20to%20an%20external%20site. 
 
Parvaz, D. (2024, February 14). Rafah was supposed to offer refuge. Now, the city waits for a possible Israeli attack. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1231310479/rafah-cease- fire-gaza-israel-hamas-cairo  
 
Al Jazeera. (2024). Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 189. Retrieved from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/12/israels-war-on-gaza-list-of-key-events-day-189 
 
Schmitt, E., & Fassihi, F. (2024). Iran Likely Will Strike Israel, Not U.S. Forces, U.S. and Iranian Officials Say. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/world/middleeast/american-intelligenc.html?smid=url-share 


Adely, H. (2024, Feb 04). Digital divide?: Gen Z and their elders are split over israel-hamas war. where they get their information may be why. Courier - NewsRetrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/digital-divide/docview/2921598475/se-2  
  
Engl, A., & Schwartz, F. (2024, Jan 13). Strikes against houthi militants draw US further into middle east conflict: Biden struggles to balance deterrence and diplomacy amid repercussions of israel-hamas war. Financial Times Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/strikes-against-houthi-militants-draw-us-further/docview/2924810340/se-2 
 

The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. (2024, April 15). Israel-Hamas War | Explanation, Summary, Casualties, & Map. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Israel-Hamas-War 
 
Baba, A. (2024, February 8). In Gaza, anger grows at Hamas along with fury at Israel. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1229749527/in-gaza-anger-grows-at-hamas 
Kingsley, P., Bigg, M. M., Gupta, G., Hubler, S., Green, E. L., McKinley, J. C., Jr, Fassihi, F., Abdulrahim, R., Eligon, J., Bengali, S., Wong, E., Goldman, R., Bergman, R., Boxerman, A., Rashwan, N., & Taub, A. (2024, January 29). U.N. Court Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide, but Does Not Demand Stop to War. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/26/world/israel-hamas-gaza-news 

Bazelon, Emily. “The Road to 1948, and the Roots of a Perpetual Conflict.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/01/magazine/israel-founding-palestinian-conflict.html.  

​“Hamas Says October 7 Attack on Israel Was a ‘Necessary Step.’” Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, 21 Jan. 2024, www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/21/hamas-says-october-7-attack-was-a-necessary-step-admits-to-some-faults.