Course Description:
The Consequences of Iran’s War with Israel: Impact of the October 7th Attack on the Middle East
This three-part series analyzes the far-reaching consequences of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. Session one delves into the 11-front war Israel faced, including conflicts with Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, Iraq, and others. Session two examines the rise of antisemitism in academia, global organizations like the UN and ICC, and the media's failure to accurately cover the war. The final session focuses on the collapse of Syria’s Assad regime, Iran’s weakening influence, and the implications for regional powers like Hezbollah, Hamas, and Israel. What does this mean for the future of the Middle East?
TUESDAYS, 10:00-11:30am (ET)
DATES: February 11, 18, 25
About the Instructor:
Dr. Samuel Edelman has served as the first executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Currently he is one of the founding faculty members of the new Academic Council for Israel, and its executive director, and a member of the Academic Engagement Network (AEN). Edelman is an Academic Fellow and an adjunct professor of Israel Studies and Zionism of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami and a lecturer at Florida Atlantic University LifeLong Learning Society and for the Miami-Dade CAJE. He is the former Director of the Israel on Campus Coalition Academic Affairs Department and the National Academic Network and its Fellows Program. He is also an emeritus professor of Jewish, Israel and Holocaust Studies as well as Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In addition to being one of the key academics fighting against BDS on campuses and in academic professional organizations, he continues to lecture and teach on subjects such as Anti-Semitism, Genocide, Holocaust and resistance, the Arab Israeli conflict, Zionism, the Arab Spring, The Changing Map of the Middle East, Jewish Peoplehood, the history of Israel and more. Edelman is also the co-director of the California State Center of Excellence in Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance Education. Edelman is currently completing a new book entitled the Age of Hate with his wife and colleague, Prof. Carol Edelman.
