This topic is divided into five areas:
1. The Build up of tension in Palestine, 1917-1948
- Background (non-examinable)
- The Balfour Declaration, November 1917
- The British Mandate to 1945
- The British Mandate, 1945-47
2. The Creation of Israel, the War of 1948-9, and the Suez Crisis of 1956
- United Nations Involvement in Palestine
- The Proclamation of the State of Israel and The First Arab-Israeli War, 1948-9
- The Suez Crisis of 1956
3. Tension and Conflict 1956-73
4. Diplomacy, Peace then wider War, 1973-83
5. The Attempts to Find a lasting peace, 1988-2012
- The First Intifada and the Road to Oslo
- The Oslo Accords, 1991-2000
- The Second Intifada and the Roadmap, 2000-2012
A good documentary by Simon Schama is found on ClickView
Textbooks
- Hilary Brash, The Middle East: Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1917-1922 (Pearson, 2018) – the Course Textbook.
- M Scott-Baumann, Conflict in the Middle East: Israel and the Arabs (Hodder)
- John Wright, Edexcel eTextbook (Edexcel)
In addition to the items above, see also:
- The Revision Page for the Middle East, c1917-2012 [under construction];
- Videos about the Middle East found here
- Zach Beauchamp, Everything you need to know about Israel-Palestine (May 14th, 2018)