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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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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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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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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Why were the British so reluctant to allow Jewish migration to Palestine?
Not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this, but I'm currently reading 'Exodus' by Leon Uris, and I'm curious as to why the British were so reluctant in letting Jewish people in Palestine.
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What was Palestine before, if not a country?
What was Palestine before, if not a country? Could you give me some history on this?
Also, the recent recognition of Palestine as a country in the UN could have far reaching implications. Are there ...
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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 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 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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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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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."
Israel has ...
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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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What was the world population around 970 BC? Does it fit the biblical narrative?
What was the world population around 970 BC?
What was Palestine's population around 970 BC?
Does the following bible verse fits in the current historical world population estimatives?
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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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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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Who really attacked first in the 1948 Israeli Palestinian war?
That is when Israel declared independence?
Were the Jews hungry for land and started kicking Arabs out, or did the Arabs attack first, or is it sort of a mixed bag?
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