1. Analytica Unit 8: Palestinian‐ Israeli Conflict
magining the Preferred Future
Unit 8: Palestinian‐ Israeli Conflict
What is the PalesOnian‐Israeli conflict? Suppose that you are a member of the United NaOons
Security Council.
Define what is commonly termed a two‐state soluOon? What is the proximity of the West Bank
and Gaza to
Israel? Who claims Jerusalem? What is the history of the conflict? First you must know how to
apply human
judgments to reach conclusions which are derived from a large set of complex data, of evidence
and assump‐
Oons. Then you must visualize or imagine a soluOon based upon the evidence and history of
the conflict. Apply
the science of analyOc reasoning described above and recommend three soluOons to this
challenge. For the
purpose of announcing your recommendaOons, design, implement, and analyze focus group
interviews (from a
panel of internaOonal students). Pull together PalesOnians and Israelis from the campus and
local community
in a focus group and present your recommendaOons. Revise your recommendaOons. Prepare
to pod‐cast the
focus group conversaOon/discourse on the project website. Write commentary and reflect on
how your research
and the focus group interacOon impacted your reasoning. Finally, how, if at all, is analyOcal
reasoning
necessarily collaboraOve?
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Unit Descrip?on:
The unit will introduce the students to criOcal thinking, scienOfic reasoning and analyOcal
reasoning,
which will be explored through researching the history of the conflict and by interfacing with
the localglobal
communiOes. The unit will provide the students with the opportunity of learning to determine
the future through the applicaOon of analyOcal reasoning to real Ome issues.
Unit Narra?ve:
The global village we now live in puts us in contact with people across the globe. The United
States of
America is a melOng pot and meeOng point of mulOple cultures. In such a heterogeneous social
setup,
it is of primary importance to understand to tolerate and peacefully coexist with one another.

2. The lack
of true knowledge regarding cultures and history other than one’s own have led to discord,
discrimina‐
Oon, civil unrest and even wars. As global ciOzens in an age of informaOon technology, we are
connected
through mulOple sources such as mobile phones, social networking sites on the Internet,
television,
etc. InformaOon flows not only into our living rooms, but we are constantly exposed to news
from
around the world through updates on our phones, email, blogs, etc. Determining the
authenOcity of
the informaOon received to properly uOlize it to make judgment calls requires a definite
understanding
of the histories, cultures, tradiOons and beliefs of different people. The PalesOne‐Israeli conflict
is one
such issue which requires the applicaOon of analyOcal reasoning to provide a soluOon to the
longest
ongoing conflict in the world. The PalesOnian‐Israeli conflict has divided the world into two
major
groups and is also the cause of many poliOcal and social problems that encompass the Middle
East in
parOcular, but has far reaching implicaOons around the world. As the U.S. is the primary ally of
Israel,
the contempt that some fundamentally Islamic groups have against this naOon should propel
students
to explore this topic from various dimensions.
Analytical Reasoning: Imagining the Preferred Future
Unit 8: Pales?nian‐ Israeli Conflict
What is the PalesOnian‐Israeli conflict? Suppose that you are a member of the United NaOons
Security Council.
Define what is commonly termed a two‐state soluOon? What is the proximity of the West Bank
and Gaza to
Israel? Who claims Jerusalem? What is the history of the conflict? First you must know how to
apply human
judgments to reach conclusions which are derived from a large set of complex data, of evidence
and assump‐
Oons. Then you must visualize or imagine a soluOon based upon the evidence and history of
the conflict. Apply
the science of analyOc reasoning described above and recommend three soluOons to this
challenge. For the
purpose of announcing your recommendaOons, design, implement, and analyze focus group
interviews (from a
panel of internaOonal students). Pull together PalesOnians and Israelis from the campus and

3. local community
in a focus group and present your recommendaOons. Revise your recommendaOons. Prepare
to pod‐cast the
focus group conversaOon/discourse on the project website. Write commentary and reflect on
how your research
and the focus group interacOon impacted your reasoning. Finally, how, if at all, is analyOcal
reasoning
necessarily collaboraOve?
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4 week module/ 8 class module – Unit on Problem Solving in Compara?ve
World Perspec?ve
Day 1:
What is thinking?
What is criOcal thinking?
What is reasoning?
What is scienOfic reasoning?
What is analyOcal reasoning?
How do we apply criOcal thinking, scienOfic reasoning and analyOcal reasoning to “real world
situa‐
Oons?
What is PalesOnian – Israeli conflict? Suppose that you are a member of the United NaOons
Security
Council. Define what is commonly termed a two – state soluOon? What is the proximity of the
West
Bank and Gaza to Israel? Who claims? Jerusalem? What is the history of the conflict?
Resources:
The Miniature Guide to CriOcal Thinking Concepts and Tools by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda
Elder
A Miniature Guide for students and faculty to ScienOfic Thinking by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr.
Linda Elder
The Thinker’s Guide for Students on How to Study & Learn a discipline using criOcal thinking
concepts
and tools by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder
www.criOcalthinking.org
Class meets in the Lab for online research.
Day 2:
PalesOne ‐ Demographics
Israel ‐ Demographics
What is a country?
What is a NaOon?
What is United NaOons? What is UN Security Council?
What is Two – State SoluOon according to UN?

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Resources:
www.un.org
hIp://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/hinduism‐forum/188694‐indias‐jews‐original‐jews.html
hIp://www.freemaninsOtute.com/Gallery/lemba.htm
hIp://www.jogg.info/11/coffman.htm
hIp://www.humanitas‐internaOonal.org/perezites/news/jewish‐dna‐nyOmes.htm
NewYorker‐ctg0ieb62aacobearch4kbfo6jwtafwq@email.condenet.com
Class meets in the Lab for online research.
Day 3:
What is the proximity of the West Bank and Gaza to Israel?
Who claims Jerusalem?
What is the history of the conflict?
Resource:
A History of the Israeli – PalesOnian Conflict by Mark A. Tessler
hIp://books.google.com/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=3kbU4BIAcrQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=istrael+palesOne
+history+of+conflict&ots=SzmZYwEb‐
f&sig=wogY3J1KOvzIdJBKTiM_kHRKUJY#v=onepage&q&f=false
Class meets in the Lab for online research.
Day 4:
What is the proximity of the West Bank and Gaza to Israel?
Who claims Jerusalem?
What is the history of the conflict?
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Resource:
The Israel – PalesOne Conflict: one hundred years of war by James L. Gelvin
hIp://books.google.com/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=wfIFVze1MqQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=istrael+palesOne
+history+of+conflict&ots=4yiErKFLRC&sig=NxXycyz7Ir04CPOd‐
8swLX5EtRI#v=onepage&q&f=false
Class meets in the Lab for online research.
Day 5:
ApplicaOon of Human Judgment to reach conclusions
Student ReflecOons based on Data Analyses
Classroom MeeOng
Each student will have 7 minutes to present findings
Day 6:
Conflict ResoluOon through applying the science of analyOc reasoning in groups
Three groups – One soluOon each
Classroom MeeOng

5. Day 7:
Panel Discussion – InternaOonal Students – Faculty of PoliOcal Science and InternaOonal
RelaOons
(JSU, Millsaps, Belhaven, Mississippi College, Hinds, Tougaloo)
hIp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTpf_jUXHyI&feature=related
Podcast
Day 8:
Revisions based on recommendaOons
Oral commentaries and reflecOons on how the research and focus group interacOon has
impacted individual
reasoning and development of resoluOon ‐ 12 minutes per group
Is analyOcal reasoning necessarily collaboraOve? – A reflecOon