Dr. Galit Ben Israel - Courses
Our Terrorism Courses
You have the option to select and enroll in three academic courses related to terrorism and conflicts. The courses are available in English and can be attended via Zoom, webinar, or face-to-face.
Dr. Ben-Israel teaches these courses at universities worldwide.
Terrorism course 1:
European and Palestinian Terrorism: A Cross-Cultural Comparison (60'-80')
This course examines modern terrorist groups from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Furthermore, there are ethnic and national terrorist groups, Marxist terrorist groups in Western Europe, and Palestinian terrorist groups in the Middle East. The bases of these groups were nationalism, ethnicity, separatism, and revolution (Marxism and Anarchism).
The European terrorist organizations discussed in the course include:
- The IRA, which operated on a national and ethnic background;
- ETA, which ran from a separatist ethnic perspective;
- The Marxist organization of Italy;
- The Red Brigades, the Marxist organization of West Germany;
- The Red Army Faction,
- And the Japanese Red Army.
Several Palestinian terrorist organizations are discussed in the course, including Fatah, “The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine” (PFLP), “The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DELP, Nayef Hawatmeh), “The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command” (Ahmed Jibril), Abu Nidal, and “Black September.”
In addition to Palestinian terrorist icons like Yasser Arafat, George Habash, Abu Nidal, Abu Iyad, Wadie Haddad, Leila Khaled, and Ali Hassan Salma, international terrorist icons include Carlos (Ilich Ramrez Sanchez) and Kōzō Okamoto.
The course will enable students to understand the modern “old world” of terrorism, the ideological infrastructure and terrorist events of the last century, and the historical context for understanding terrorism today.
Terrorism course 2:
Jihadist Terrorism in the Era of Digital Globalization
The course aims to provide an introduction to the ‘new’ type of terror that arose in the 1980s and heightened in the 21st century.
Development of the first part of the course will be made by bringing examples of Jihadist terrorist organizations such as: “Palestinian Islamic Jihad” (PIJ), “Hamas”, “Hezbollah” and “Al-Qaeda” (Osama bin Laden).
The course will also deal with the spectacle of the September 11/2001 terrorist attack and the post-September 11 era, concluding the other spectacle terror attacks like the 2002 Bali bombings, the 2004 Madrid train bombings, the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, etc.
The last two lessons of the first part of the course will deal with the phenomenon of suicide terrorism and Lipstick Jihad terrorism.
In the second part of the course, we will discuss the second era of Jihadist terror (2.0) and we will take a close look at the creation of the phenomenon of ISIS (territory, recruiting methods, ideology, radicalization, etc.).
In the second part of the course, we will also discuss the age of the “Hybrid wars” with multi-sophisticated terror attacks in town squares, replacing the “Old Wars” between nations. Development of the course would be made by citing examples from the new style of terror attacks like –
- The November 2015 Paris attacks
- The 2017 Manchester Arena bombing
- The 2017 Catalonia attacks, etc.
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of jihadist terrorism in the digital age. Through an analysis of key case studies, students will explore the ways in which digital technologies have enabled and transformed the tactics and strategies of jihadist groups, and the implications for national and global security.
Terrorism course 3:
Middle East Conflicts 1948-2023
After World War II (September 2, 1945) ended, a new era in world history began. The course focuses on wars, conflicts, and violence in the Middle East from 1946 to the present (August 2023). We will examine the case studies about the program we belong to: “Political Pathologies of the Global World.”
A historical and political science approach explains the relationship between conflicts, nationalism, religion, ethnic groups, and violence.
This course examines nation-state actors, non-state actors, powers, militant groups, terrorism, and guerrilla groups operating in the Middle East.
The course is divided into 15 modules. The conflicts covered in the course include:
- Israeli-Arab conflicts,
- Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, Lebanon (civil wars + Israel-Lebanon wars),
- Iraq (3 battles), The “Arab Spring”;
- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS, ISIL, ISIS);
- The Kurdish–Turkish conflict; Turkey versus Cyprus;
- Iran versus Israel;
- Iran versus Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
about dr. galit ben israel
Dr. Galit Ben-Israel is a terrorism expert, lecturer, and researcher. She has been a member of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme research group since 2007.
In addition, Dr. Ben-Israel is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of National Security in Sri Lanka (INSSSL) and a member of the Vienna-based Alliance of the Global Outreach against Drugs and Crimes (GA ODC).
Dr. Ben-Israel is also a member of the International Editor Board of a Journal entitled Hybrid Wars and a Member of the International Editor Board of a Journal entitled Diplomacy and Security.
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