Posts Tagged: British Mandate
Here’s What Really Happened with the British and Mandatory Palestine
The ignorant (or brainwashed) useful idiots who call for the destruction of Israel, claim that the British Mandate that granted Jews a homeland was not...
BBC Map of ‘Palestine’ Misrepresents the History of the Region
A BBC News story that focuses on the period of the British and French Mandates in the Middle East after the fall of the Ottoman...
Saudi Arabia Has Mostly Removed Antisemitic Tropes From School Textbooks, New Report Says
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has removed "practically all antisemitism," from K-12 textbooks, marking a significant step forward in the Kingdom's approach to Judaism and,...
Palestinians Admit: Only Destroying Israel Will Bring Peace
In anticipation of this week's 104th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the Palestinian Authority (PA) once again confirmed its most basic stance: There will be...
Israel’s Miracle — 100 Years Later
JNS.org - We recently marked the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference. The international meeting was held by the Allied Supreme Council in the...
The White Paper: 80 Years Later
Eighty years ago, an ominous and devastating policy was enacted by the British government that would wreak severe destruction upon the Jewish people. The MacDonald White...
Jerusalem Was Largely Ignored as a Muslim Holy City — Until Zionists Came Along
I am reading an academic paper entitled, "Making Jerusalem the centre of the Muslim World: Pan-Islam and the World Islamic congress of 1931" by N....
Israel’s Nationality Law: The Prequel
In April 1938, the British parliament was asked to approve a Jewish Citizenship Bill that would enable Jews worldwide to become nationals of Mandatory Palestine,...
Arabs and Turks Welcomed the Balfour Declaration
"One hundred years have passed since the notorious Balfour Declaration, by which Britain gave, without any right, authority or consent from anyone, the land of...
Year Zero: The Palestinians and the Balfour Declaration
JNS.org - For the Palestinians, the year zero is not 1948, when the State of Israel came into being, but 1917, when Great Britain issued, in...
Balfour, the Palestinians — and No Peace
JNS.org - It was a minor news story in the summer of 2016. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he was suing Great Britain over...
Why Do Zionists Celebrate Unfulfilled Promises?
In the coming weeks, numerous Jewish organizations and institutions will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, and the 50th anniversary of the United...
Nearing Centennial, Lord Balfour Descendant Shows Pride in Family Support for Jewish Homeland
JNS.org - In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, British and Israeli senior officials convened in Jerusalem last week to discuss the past, present and...
Shabbat Nachamu in Jerusalem, 1920
The Haftorah read on Shabbat Nachamu, which follows Tisha B’Av, expresses the message of comfort conveyed by the prophet Isaiah to a bereaved nation soon...
