Posts Tagged: British Mandate
Jewish Historian Renounces Zionism, But at Least She’s Honest
JNS.org - American Jewish historian Hasia Diner is facing widespread criticism over her public renunciation of Israel and Zionism. I say: Thanks, Hasia, for your honesty. Diner is...
Remembering the 1920 Passover Pogrom in Israel
On November 2, 1917, the British issued the Balfour Declaration, which supported the idea of Jewish statehood in "Palestine." Just two years later, local British administrators challenged that...
Purity of Arms: the Ethical Guide for the Israel Defense Forces
JNS.org - Current and vituperative disputes in Israel over whether or not the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is temperate enough in its response to Palestinian attacks...
A Debate on Illegal Immigration – Into British Mandatory Palestine
JNS.org - The national debate on immigration is very much on the minds of some American Jewish leaders and organizations, and the same was...
Guardian Blames 1929 Arab Massacre of Jews on ‘Zionist Provocations’
During my youth in Poland, I asked a group of Poles why they felt a need to beat up Jews, and they responded that the...
Israel’s Navy is the Mediterranean’s Life-Line
Israel's Navy is the IDF's smallest branch and the least known. But the Israeli Navy actually predates the establishment of the State, existing as the...
Nearly 100 Years Later, Still Bickering Over Balfour
Last year, on the 95th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the former Palestinian minister, Nabil Shaath, wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph attacking Britain...
Mass Graves in Jaffa – but Who Killed Them?
Over the past couple of days the Arab media have been reporting on the discovery of mass graves of Arabs in Jaffa. The Al Aqsa Foundation...
Balfour Declaration Returns to Israel for New Exhibit
The historic Balfour Declaration will, for the first time, leave Britain and be presented to the Israeli public, Israel Hayom reported. Lord Arthur James Balfour's declaration,...
A New Spin on ‘Exodus’
When most people think of the refugee ship "Exodus," the Paul Newman movie and Leon Uris novel on which it was based come to mind....
Online archaeological Archives Include Architectural Plan for Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The archaeological archive of Israel, administered by the Israel Antiquities Authority, has digitized and uploaded all of Israel's archaeological archives to the Internet,...
‘Beethoven Was a Zionist’: A Memoir From Israel on the Eve of its Creation
"Today I saw The Land for the first time, and it was beautiful." With those simple but moving words, veteran American Zionist activist Harold Manson began...
Defying Opposition, Writer Speaks About Jewish History at Iraq Religion Conference
The recently held Conference of Religions and Sects in Iraq, supervised by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, was the first conference in the country dealing with the defense...
Rhetorical Style in Israel’s Declaration of Independence
On a warm Friday afternoon in May, shortly before the Sabbath's arrival, a black chauffer-driven vehicle pulls up in front of 16 Rothschild Boulevard in...
