Professors John Dietrich and Jeremy Pearson, who study the region and who have traveled there will be assisted by Dymond Bush, a research librarian who can provide numerous sources of background information and details on points raised. There will be brief presentations and then much time for questions and comments from the audience.
Maps of Israel/Gaza over time
Israel's borders explained in maps- BBC News
Maps of Israel's history- CFI UK
Iron Wall
Israel announces completion of security barrier around Gaza- AP News
Israel completes ‘iron wall’ underground Gaza barrier- Al Jazeera
Gaza Tunnels
Israel targets Hamas’s labyrinth of tunnels under Gaza- BBC News
Inside Hamas's vast and complex tunnel network beneath Gaza- CBC News
Background Information
Global Conflict Tracker: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict- Council on Foreign Relations
Palestine Liberation Organization- Encyclopedia Britannica
The Question of Palestine- United Nations
Islam Religion vs. Arab ethnicity- PBS
Palestinian Refugees- UN RWA
Age Demographics- NPR
Background on Hamas
What is Hamas?- CFR
Hamas- Encyclopedia Britannica
Hamas funding- US Department of the Treasury
What is Hezbollah?- CFR
Previous Wars and Agreements
Arab-Israeli War - US Department of State
Six Day War- Wilson Center
Camp David Accords- US Department of State
Intifadas- Vox
Oslo Accords- Al Jazeera
The Hamas Attacks and Israeli Response: An Explainer- Jewish Currents
Hamas 'abduction manual' shows that hostage-taking was a central aim of attack- NBC News
US Interests/ Biden Visit
New York Times Biden Faces Risks in Wartime Visit to Israel- New York Times
Israel-Hamas war updates: Biden affirms his belief in a two-state solution- NPR
Biden's Trip to Israel Carries Risks for U.S. Policy- Wall Street Journal
How Americans View Israel, Netanyahu and U.S.-Israel relations in 5 charts- Pew Research
Western Support for Israel
US Allyship- Vox
9/11 Cautionary Tale- NPR
Casualty Rates Mosul-Iraq War- AP News
Israel-Gaza crisis: US vetoes Security Council resolution- UN
Political divisions in Israel and in Palestinian leadership
Israelis have polarized views of Netanyahu, reflecting conflicts many see in Israeli society- Pew Research Center
Israeli Emergency Government- Washington Post
Netanyahu Corruption Trial- Brookings
Two State Solution
The War in Gaza and the Death of the Two-State Solution- Center for Strategic and International Studies
Israelis have grown more skeptical of a two-state solution- Pew Research Center
Jewish American Relationship to Israel
Most Jewish Americans have long-standing connections to Israel- Pew Research Center
Americans In Israel-Aliyah/Birthright Program
Discussing the Israel-Hamas War with Young People- ADL
Humanitarian Crisis
The Israel-Hamas War: The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza- CFR
Egypt, Jordan Refugees- AP News
Commission of Inquiry collecting evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories since 7 October 2023- United Nations Human Rights
The Rules of War and Human Rights in the Israel-Hamas War - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Middle East Relations
How Israel's relationship with Iran could impact the war - NPR
Iran's Revolution- Brookings Institute
Iran Today Will its government policies change? - CQ Researcher
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Lebanon- US Department of State
Migrant Workers
‘No work back home’: Lebanon’s foreign domestic workers fear Israel war- Al Jazeera
Saudi Arabia
Is a Saudi-Israel Normalization Agreement on the Horizon? - US Institute of Peace
Why Egypt and other Arab nations are hesitant to take in Palestinian refugees- PBS