POLI 347 Midterm: POLI347 lectures (up until midterm)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 347
• Professor: Daniel Douek

Document Summary

Terminology: the conflict has been referred to variously as arab-jewish, arab-zionist, arab-israeli, or. Israeli-palestinian: arab-jewish: not all of israel"s citizens are jewish (20-21% are not, arab-zionist: specifying conflict is between those who believe in the existence of an independent jewish state on the territory where it is now located. Zionist is very loaded: arab-israeli: highlights the fact that there have been many instances of interstate war with various arab states, (creation of israel in 1948, happened through interstate war). Term deliberately hides the specific claims of the palestinian people they are being put in the broader category of arab. Palestine/palestinians don"t exist: israeli-palestinian: most accurate, conflict predates the creation of the state of. If conflict were to end tomorrow, israel"s conflict with lebanon, This term recognizes the claims of both sides: the territory in dispute has been referred to variously as palestine; israel-palestine;