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.
This is ...
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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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Why was the "Cave of the Patriarchs" forbidden to Jews?
I just found out a tweet of Ben Shapiro stating the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron was closed to Jews for 700 years. I searched and didn't find any name but this article mentions that
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What is the diplomatic record on President Sadat's 1971 peace offer to Israel?
I have seen a lot of talk in the Israel-Palestine debate about the 1971 peace offer, but I can't find any original sources on it. Even Wikipedia's brief paragraph about it says "citation needed."
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Why does the Balfour declaration refer to Palestine, as opposed to the Land of Israel or the Holy Land? [closed]
The Balfour Declaration states that
His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to ...
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Reference request - Books on Israel-Palestine conflict [closed]
I am searching for a good even-handed account of the Israel-Palestine conflict. I read James Gelvin's book which was ok but I found lacking in detail when it came to the situation in more recent times....
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Was there ever any co-existence (=2 states) solution to peace with Israel that the Arab Palestinian side proposed or said would accept? [closed]
Basically, I am trying to find if there was ever any effort from the Palestinian side to propose or counter offer a peaceful end to the conflict that they would accept.
There has been proposals for ...
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What specifically did Einstein have in mind when he called the Israeli Freedom Party fascistic?
In a blog published in the TLS, May 2016, Toby Lustig points out that Einstein in a letter to the New York Times, a few months after the declaration of Israeli idependence:
wrote to complain of '...
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Was there the idea of "peaceful Crusades"?
Was there the idea of "peaceful Crusades", which had symbolic meanings for pilgrims, or was it just the political invasion of Palestine territory, initiated by religious people (Pope Sylvester II and ...
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Palestinian Troop Strength During 1948 War
I am trying to estimate the strength of the Palestinian irregular forces during the 1947-49 War.
I find two well documented groups:
Army of the Holy War, commanded by Husayni, based in Ramalla,
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When Israel won the Six Day War, did they consider expelling all Arabs from the annexed territories?
Did Israel consider doing this and if so, would that have been in violation of international law?
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Where to find reliable source about Palestinians leaving in 1948 (Nakba)? [closed]
I am pretty new to the topic and just finished A. Razak Abdel-Kader's Conflicts between Jews and Arabs, as one of my first books on the topic. He mentions more than 3/4 of Arabs left in 1948, who ...
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Did the PLO coordinate with Arab armies during the Six Day War?
In general, the PLO did some raiding before and after the Six Day War but I noticed this facebook post (and also wikipedia) that listed the PLO among the contributors to the Arab's strength.
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Are today's Palestinians immigrants from many nations? [closed]
According to the The Invention of the Jewish People:
During the Byzantine period, despite the persecutions, a good many synagogues were built. But after the Arab conquest, construction gradually came ...
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Did the Jews move from Palestine to Germany? [closed]
I have an essay to write and the question is simple.
Did the Jews first live in Palestine and then move to Germany? If they did move to Germany, why did they and did they return?
I just need to ...
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Why couldn't the Arabs invade Palestine before the end of the British Mandate?
Primarily, did the mandate provide some sort of de facto protection against invasion from the Arabs?
But considering that the British had a mandate over Palestine, why did they not intervene in the ...
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Why was Oslo I Accord so harsh or controversial?
The Oslo I Accord was an attempt in 1993 to set up a framework that would lead to the resolution of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It was the first face-to-face agreement between the ...
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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
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St. George's Monastery in the West Bank
I was fascinated to learn about St. George's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site that was first built in the 5th century CE. It's obviously neither Jewish nor Islamic, and is located in a disputed ...
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What proportion of the Arab population of Palestine pre-1948 came from families that lived there before 1880?
It is known that the population of Palestine increased greatly between, say, 1880 and 1948. Apart from Jewish immigration there was also considerable Arab immigration (partly related to the economic ...
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What was the currency in use in Palestine shortly before and during WWI?
Wikipedia lists the following Ottoman currencies: Akçe, Para, Kuruş, Lira, Sultanî, but I would like to now which were prevalent in actual use (or, rather, uses). Also, such a variety suggests that ...
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Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine?
Who is responsible for the partition of Palestine? What governmental bodies or individual governmental actors were the driving force behind the action? If there were non-governmental actors that ...
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What exactly was the Philby Plan?
From what I gather it was some sort of idea for an amicable settlement between Jews and Arabs in Palestine and somehow involved Ibn Saud. Weizmann and Churchill apparently supported it but Ibn Saud ...
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