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Ideology or Ethnicity? The Israeli Political Crisis

… 1947 map illustrates the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ( left ). A map that shows Israeli territory … origin in the history of Jewish migrations to pre-state Palestine and later to Israel, as those migrations brought … historic and religious bond between the Jewish people and Palestine (or the Land of Israel). Zionism assumed that …
U.S. Marine Barracks in Lebanon

Ten Terrorists Attacks in History

… Irgun, fighting to drive the British government out of  Palestine  in order to establish a  Jewish state  there, … hotel was the administrative hub of the British presence in Palestine, and Irgun’s attack was a direct response to … British public support for the ongoing occupation of Palestine, but in some ways was counterproductive.  It …

Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring a Holy River

… of Kibbutz Kinneret, the second kibbutz founded in Mandate Palestine, ties the biblical event of the baptism of Jesus … River based on extensive research in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. The plan outlines concrete steps to remove … of the various effluents discharged by Israel, Jordan and Palestine could cause the drying up of the river. FoEME …
IRA gunmen in Northern Ireland

From the Cold War to the War on Terror

… 1970s, by and large, terrorists associated with the Israel-Palestine conflict sought rudimentary exchanges. They sought … operations of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a Christian. So was George Habash, the leader …
tanks and soldier fighting in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The World’s Longest War

… on many battlefields: North Africa, Spain, France, Palestine, the Balkans, Asia Minor. Sometimes one antagonist … Among these colonists were European Zionists who settled in Palestine. They represented no great power, and they were … behind them. They were absolutely determined to stay in Palestine, for if things went bad they, unlike the British …
Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, leaving the country after the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate, 1922

The Long End of the Ottoman Empire

… contemporary  Syria ,  Iraq , Jordan,  Israel , and  Palestine —having been reduced to the lands of Anatolia.  … the Turkish Empire certain areas comprising, for example, Palestine, Syria, the Arab countries to the east of Palestine and Syria, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Cilicia, and …
a couple in a wedding dress and soldier dress uniform

Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust

… is pretty despondent, she had tried to migrate illegally to Palestine in the summer of 1945. She was a fervent Zionist … creation of a Jewish state and imagined that it would be in Palestine where she might be able to create a new home for … She doesn't have the correct papers. At this point, Palestine was a mandate of Britain, and they controlled …
Cover of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina.

The End of the World as They Knew It

Review of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire, by Giusto Traina (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. pp. xix, 203. Trans. by Allan Cameron)
… Africa and Egypt. His final stop within the Roman world is Palestine. Traina describes its capital, Jerusalem, which … Gaza. Traina demonstrates that relations between Romans of Palestine and Arabs were greatly enhanced by the activities …
Cover image of ibook - ruins in the Middle East

Middle Eastern Politics & Culture: Today & Yesterday

… Divide in Contemporary Iraq A New View on the Israeli-Palestine Conflict: From Needs to Narrative to Negotiation … had been immigrating steadily albeit in small numbers to Palestine for a couple decades before this time— mostly to … systematic programs for Jewish immigration to Palestine began in earnest following the first Zionist …
Portrait of Neville Chamberlain, who was the Prime Minister of United Kingdom during the early months of World War II.

Lessons of Munich

… agreed to hold an international conference on the future of Palestine — with one word: “Munich.” But Bush and the Cold …