POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 1982 Lebanon War, Israeli Settlement, Salam Fayyad

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 340
• Professor: Rex Brynen

Document Summary

Lecture notes the levant, jordan and palestine - 11/10/2016. Jordan population size heavily urbanized, high life expectancy in comparison to gdp/capital: counted as not free/partly free. Jordan around 92% sunni, 6% christian, small chechen and circassian minority: those who are originally from palestinian side of jordan river vs. those who are originally from east bank (non-palestinian origin) major identity issue. Identities drive political behavior (palestinians identifying as palestinians even though they"re jordanian) Bc of the way british administered mandate post-wwi; establishment of israel, Palestine population size less urbanized, categorized as not free/partly free: area comprised of west bank, gaza, east jerusalem. Post-wwi league of nations mandates: france. Lebanon administered separately with christian majority population (french attempting to create largest christian majority they could - > viewed christians as more sympathetic to french rule. Britain: assigned mandates for iraq, palestine (including transjordan) Hashemite monarchy established in iraq (faysal) and transjordan (abdullah: balfour declaration applied to palestine (east of jordan river)