Questions tagged [palestine]
For question related to the history of the region of Western Asia in which many Biblical activities took place and which has later been the field of conflict in many wars, especially in the 20th century.
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Did Jamal Husseini say "The blood will flow like rivers in the Middle East"?
On page 50 of his 2008 book 1948: A History of the First Arab–Israeli War, Benny Morris wrote:
The Arab reaction was just as predictable: “The blood will flow like rivers in the Middle East,” ...
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What was the nature of Yasir Arafat's difficulties in Arabic?
Shafiq al-Hout in his book My Life in the PLO says in relation to Arafat's first speech at the UN:
He also asked Mahmoud Darwish and
me to include all the vowel marks in the text clearly in bright ...
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Why did the British support Zionism during the mandate period?
The question is inspired by reading The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi. While the book provides many interesting insights, its arguments/findings essentially hinge on the claim that the British empire ...
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Did Palestinians form a distinct ethnically/culturally/linguistically homogeneous group in pre-Mandate period?
Note: this is not a question about whether a Palestinian state ought to be established. Yes or no to this question is not relevant to that one
Did Palestinians form a distinct ethnically/culturally/...
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Between 1948 and 1967, were Arab people in the West Bank in favour of Jordanian rule or opposed to it?
In 1948, Jordan took over the West Bank.
From the Wikipedia article, I read that other Arab countries were strongly opposed to the Jordanian occupation. Jordan came close to being expelled from the ...
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"Israel created Hamas" - what's the timeline behind the historical facts of this claim?
A common claim across social media right now is "Israel created Hamas" - I've found it a little bit difficult to get an accurate timeline about Israel's actual involvement in Hamas.
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When was the last direct conflict within Israel's boundaries?
With this recent attack by Hamas I looked up the incident on Wikipedia and it says:
"It is the first direct conflict within Israel's boundaries since the
1948 Arab–Israeli War."
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When and how did the concept of posthumous reward and punishment enter ancient Judaism?
Throughout the Jewish Bible / Christian Old Testament, it's pretty consistently expressed that all people have the same fate after death - although the nature of that fate is sometimes seems to be ...
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Is there evidence of a pagan temple on the site of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem that predated the Jewish Temple?
Is there any evidence of a pagan temple having preceded Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem on that same site? I have seen this argument made, but I wanted to know more about the reasons behind this ...
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Where can I learn about Jewish Zealot ideology and history?
What are some great resources where I could learn more about the Jewish Zealots of the first century? I would like to learn more about their philosophy/ideology, their motivation, their contemporary ...
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What is the (secular) history of Samaria?
What is 'the history' of the Samaria sub-region of the Province of Judaea from the Roman Empire days through the dissolution of the Empire up to the Middle Ages [roughly]?
I usually find what I'm ...
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What was meant by "Palestine is not Rhodesia"?
While reading about the Israel/Palestine conflict, I found this 1927 statement by Chaim Weizmann (emphasis mine):
Palestine must be built up without violating the legitimate interests of the Arabs ...
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Is there any transcript or recordings of Yasser Arafat's speech to Arab foreign ministers in 1996 (Stockholm)?
I am interested in a full transcript or original recording of a speech that Yasser Arafat delivered to 'Arab diplomats in Stockholm's [Grand Hotel in] January 1996'. The speech is referenced and is ...
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During the time of the British Mandate, who opposed the term "Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine" and who if any were OK with it being called that?
During the time of the British Mandate, who in the British Government opposed the term "Hashemite Kingdom Of Palestine"?
" the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine. This was the name that ...
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What did Joe Slovo mean by 'collusion' in The War Against Aparthied?
Nadine Gordimer, in the foreword of the book, Ruth First & Joe Slovo in The War Against Aparthied by the oral historian, Alan Weider, quotes Joe Slovo when he visited Palestine in the early 1940s:...
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