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Resistance_of_Palestinian_men_and_women during the 1936 uprising.

The 1936–1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine

… the British mandate government and the Zionist movement in Palestine. Although the British crushed the revolt by 1939, … roots.  Palestinians have opposed Zionist settlement in Palestine since its inception under Ottoman rule in 1882. After World War I, Britain began governing Palestine under a League of Nations mandate, the terms of …
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Palestine and Israel: A Case of Incomplete Decolonization

… South Africa. Zionists insist on Israel’s historic right to Palestine, but in fact only Europe’s imperial power made … the British promoted the settlement of European Jews in Palestine much as European colonial states encouraged settlers to migrate to Africa. If we think of Palestine as a settler state similar to the European settler …
Flag of Israel with landscape of Israel in the background

Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II

… on its head, focusing on Jewish out-migration from Palestine and Israel between 1945 and the late 1950s. Based … Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II, brought to you by … on its head, focusing on Jewish out-migration from Palestine and Israel between 1945 and the late 1950s. Based …

A New View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Needs and Narratives 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 … Jewish immigrants and the Arab populations in and around Palestine were generally strained and sometimes violent. In …
Cover of 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris.

The Battle For 1948

Review of 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, by Benny Morris (Yale University Press, 2008)
… We live in the Diaspora and want only to immigrate [to Palestine] and gain possession of [ lirkosh ] from them." 1 … Arabs has fueled the decades-long conflict over the land of Palestine. It has also generated a historical debate between … supported the idea of clearing the Arab population of Palestine to open more land to Jewish settlement. During the …
Palestinians during the first intifada, 1987. (Photo by Peter Stepan)

The Long Shadow of the June 1967 War

… forced to flee across the international borders of historic Palestine. Map of Israeli movement into the Jordan salient … on such matters as the actual borders between Israel and Palestine, the property rights of Palestinian refugees, and … Palestine
Photo of the World Trade Towers after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

The End of a “Safe America”

… that these acts will not change American policy toward Palestine and Israel. That can only be done in the United … Palestine