This paper outlines the challenge of planning for and teaching an upper-division lecture-seminar on the Israel/Palestine Conflict remotely during Fall 2020 -- in the context of a global pandemic, and in the midst of a highly partisan US presidential election. I start by outlining the challenges that typically attend teaching on this topic. I then take up the circumstances faced when planning for it late last summer: the transition to remote teaching and an increasingly partisan political climate. Finally, I describe a set of assignments intended to address those challenges, assessing their successes and limitations. This paper is submitted with the support of the Committee for Undergraduate Middle East Studies (CUMES).
International Relations/Affairs