In the second part of the History of Modern Israel, I see that Israel becomes a developed country economically and improved its border security with its neighbors. However, internal fragmentation and weak leadership limits Israel's potential to improving the quality of lives of its citizens.

There is vigorous debate about the inherent contradiction between a Jewish State and Democracy. I am sympathetic towards the position of the Left, that Israel moves towards a fully democratic state, granting equal right to its citizen regardless of ethnicity. It would be a bold move, a departure from what has been attempted in the past 2000 years of Jewish history.

When the occupied Palestinians, Arab minority, Orthodox Jews and other underprivileged segments of Israeli society can also share the prosperity ushered in by economic and military achievement of modern Israel, the future of Israel will be secure and also an inspiration for other countries near and far.

I completed both Part I and Part II of this course and they were very good. I was looking to learn about Israel's modern history and these courses provided exactly that. The instructors are both very knowledgeable and presented the material in a very straight-forward manner. The only minor issue I'll mention is that some of my answers on the quizzes were marked as incorrect when I know, based on the lectures and my notes, that they were indeed correct. Overall, I feel much more aware of Israel's recent history and the challenges it is facing as a growing and maturing nation.

I want to kindly THANK the tutors for this MASTERFUL course. Admittedly I had some reservations at first about some notion of bias that I feared could permeate the course, yet after having done it I cannot express just how unbiased and critical its content was. As someone who has visited Israel and the Middle East (having loved both the country and the region) I earnestly recommend this as a magnificent course to introduce you to the various issues that shape modern-day politics, culture and society in Israel.

A coherent and objective survey of the events that brought modern Israel into existence, the political and economic struggles that accompanied its growth, the on-going issues of Palestinian self determination, and the debate between liberal and conservative views on the role of religion in a democratic society. This course provides a better understanding of the current war in Gaza, the internal political turmoil in Israel, and Israel's relations with other nations in the region.

I was very happy taking the courses about The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem and The History of Modern Israel part I and part II. The professors and their guests were all of them just great.Now I have a better and wieder view of Israel and its sourrandings and problems.

I just hope I can visit your beautiful and interested country, as I have planned, next year.

Best regards and once again thamk you very much

Maria Isabel Fajardo

I've read Noa Tishby's book Israel but continue to seek out persepectives, history and facts. This was a great course in further understanding the complexities of Israel and the region. I am however still on the fence or not fully understanding certain aspects (i.e. settlements).

it is a really good course with excellent teachers who have a neutral point of view and it is good that they work with facts. It is very interesting all the topics of Israel history, I really recomend you this course.

Even though I lived through much of the major events of this course it was well thought out and presented. I learned so much more than I expected. I'm satisfied with this course and it's instructors.

Thanks to this course I know much better what Israel is, their history, their politics, their social and economic problems. An interesting course, with well-developed and complete topics.

I thanks my teacher professor Eyal Naveh for teaching me the history in such a easy way , it was fun and benifitting learning about the state of ISRAEL, lots of love from INDIA !!

I learned a lot about how the Israeli state formed and its achievements and failures from a sociocultural perspective more that a list of dates and maps. Toda raba.

Nice course to get a historical perspective on the country as well as the information on the main events in the recent history! Thank you for the course!

Great course.  I learned so much.  It provides a comprehensive review of Israel from 1948 onwards.  Wonderful professors and syllabus.

It improved my analytical competences, clarifying a lot of Israel history, politics and social-cultural debates. I really enjoyed it.

It has been great to study the 2 parts of the course.Israel is more complex than is discussed here.Adiós profesores.Saludos,Bea.

Very informative and the discussions give great insights to different aspects of the challenges of a modern jewish state.

Super interesting course! Loved taking it and I gained lots of new knowledge and perspectives! Thank you so much!!

Excellent course. Critical perspective. The last session was particularly helpful in understanding Israel.

This is an excellent course. The presenters were very knowledgeable and the material well presented

It provides detailed and valuable insights to know Israel and the conflicts in the Middle East.

Astonishing. Even though I don't afford for the certificate, I got many knowledge.

Outstanding presentation of the State of Israel's struggle for independence!

Interesting and summerise differet points of view and not taking any side.

Factual Based. Without the bias usually found in course of this subject

thank you very much for a very informative and interesting course Guy