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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Land Ownership in Palestine - Big Landlords or Small Peasants?
I have seen pro Arab sources cite surveys like these (see image) that demonstrate that most of the privately owned in Palestine land belonged to Arabs.
I have seen Israeli sources assert that much of ...
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In the Palestine Partition Plan, why was Jaffa allocated to the Arab state?
I'm reading through the document, "The Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem, Part II" by the United Nations. Under the provisions of the Palestine Resolution, they note that ...
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What happened to the stuff stolen from the Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans?
In the year 66 CE, the Jews in Roman Palestine rose up in revolt against the Roman occupation. Four years later , the Romans sacked Jerusalem, leveled the city, killed everyone inside, razed the ...
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Is there documented evidence of Israel concentration/death camps used against the Arabs? [closed]
According to some articles I've been reading, there is testimony that as Israel began its conquest and subsequent occupation of Palestine, they sent Arab men to concentration, labor and even death ...
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why Israel has not used its nuclear arsenal against hamas? [closed]
If Israel has a nuclear arsenal, why has not used its against Hamas?
If the Palestinian had nuclear weapons would have surely used to erase Israel from the map.
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How many Jewish refugee have been expelled out of Arab lands and when?
Were the Jews in Arab countries driven out after the Six Days War or in 1948 like some Palestinians in Israel? Did they lose their land?
I checked this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_refugees
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Did Arab policymakers have plans for the Jewish population, in case of victory in 1948 War?
Presumably the Arab goal in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war was to defeat Israel. Total victory would probably mean the total control of the whole Mandatory Palestine, which at this point already contained ...
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How did Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof end up on the list of prisoners to be released, by Black September?
After seeing the movie The Baader-Meinhof Komplex, I was confused by one part, which was how Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof ended up on the list of prisoners to be released at the 1972 Olympics.
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Was prostitution legal in the Kingdom of Israel during the reign of Solomon?
The wikipedia article is not clear:
Prostitution was common in ancient Israel, despite being tacitly
forbidden by Jewish Law.
What was the law forbidding prostitution? Given that prostitutes ...
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When was Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians?
When reading literature about the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, I always wonder which year it took place. Some books say 586 B.CE. and some say 587 B.CE. Is this because we don't know? Or is ...
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Why did Herzl's attempt to come to a political agreement with the Ottoman rulers of Palestine fail?
Theodor Herzl, who founded Zionism as a modern political movement in 1897, attempted to come to a political agreement with the Ottoman rulers of Palestine. When was this, what was his proposal and why ...
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What evidence is Chomsky alluding to when he states the US is preventing a settlement between Israel & Palestine?
Chomsky in his book Neccesary Illusions, published in 1989 says:
U.S. ... efforts to prevent a political settlement of the Arab–Israeli conflict over many years, readily documented, but unwelcome ...
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Did Goebbels realize that his wife used to know Arlozorov?
One of the versions for Arlozorov's 1933 murder (not solved to this day!) is that it had something to do with his early friendship with Magda Goebbels. This is what wikipedia says, soberly hedging its ...
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Pigs in ancient Israel
(all Bible citations are from KJV)
[Leviticus, chapter 11]
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Nevertheless these shall ye ...
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What is this document marked "Palestine Bearer Bond"?
I found this paper from the 1950s
