( POSC 325) Final Exam Short Answer Essays
Instructions:
You’ll have 17 possible choices to choose from and will have to answer only 5 fully. Your answers should be a paragraph long and answer them based on the course readings and lectures. Be sure that your answers reflect course readings and lectures. You have 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete this section.
You should have a clear understanding of each of the following terms. These will be integrated into the short-answer questions, so be sure that you not only are accurate but that you consider the term within the context that we studied during the second semester.
Questions (5)
- Why were the 1993 Oslo accords consider such a breakthrough for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? What were the most significant components, and what were the Israeli and Palestinian hopes/expectations?
- How did Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat differ from his predecessor Gamel Nasser? How did they differ with regards to both world politics, and with regards to their approach to Israel?
- After the 1993 Oslo Declaration of principles, a 5 year process was outlined in for Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza – describe the areas A, B and C in terms of Israeli and Palestinian control.
- Why did Rashid Khalidi understand the 1993 Oslo Declaration of Principles, and the subsequent Oslo II agreement? How does his view differ from the initial hopes of Israelis, Palestinians and the US, in 1993?
- What was the Israeli narrative regarding their 1979 treaty with Egypt? How did the Arab world react to the treaty? Palestinian views?
READINGS … ( MORE BELOW)
Aly, Feldman and Shikaki, Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in
the Middle East
Shavit, My Promised Land, chapters
Khalidi, The Hundred Years War on Palestine, chapters 1-3
WRITER NOTE: I have attached PowerPoint, notes, and readings from the course. Please used these for this section.