Israel
A country of 10.3 million at the end of a three-year war, as it stands in October 2026 and written before the Knesset election of October 27: the founding and 1948's two names, the political system and the coalition arithmetic, Netanyahu and his trial, the society's tribes and the draft, the security state and the fight over the October 7 inquiry, Gaza and the West Bank with both sides' cases made, the northern front, the Iran war, the economy that boomed through the fighting, and the world's changed view. Brought to October: the campaign after Gantz's withdrawal and Trump's endorsement, the Palestinian elections postponed to 2027, Lebanon's framework and the UN force's last months, and the Bank of Israel's October 21 decision. Where the subject argues, from the draft to the war's conduct, each side's case comes before the evidence and the course's reading. Two worked examples: the coalition arithmetic and the war's bill.