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Tag: Arab Revolt

0 History Politics

Jewish and Demographic

Tel Aviv Review · 21 Oct

Dr. Nimrod Lin explores the complex demographic strategies and challenges faced by Zionists in British Mandate Palestine, highlighting how these shaped Israel's path to statehood and current political issues.

0 History Jewish Law

The Misadventures of the Printer Israel Bak

Alan D. Abbey in Tablet · 14 Jun

Israel Bak, a lesser-known figure compared to his contemporaries like Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, played a crucial role in the 19th-century printing and publishing industry in Palestine.

0 Israel Antisemitism

Why pro-Palestinian protesters are vandalizing images of Lord Balfour

Andrew Lapin in JTA · 15 Mar

Pro-Palestinian protesters recently vandalized a portrait of Lord Balfour at Trinity College in Cambridge, England, due to his authorship of the Balfour Declaration in 1917, which supported establishing a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.

0 History Politics

What Matters Now to author Oren Kessler: 1936 Palestine's missed peace deal

What Matters Now · 17 Aug 2023

Oren Kessler discusses the missed opportunities for peace in 1936 Palestine during the Arab Revolt, as detailed in his book "Palestine 1936."

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The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

Michael Oren in Tablet · 5 Aug 2021

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a popular Israeli TV series based on a bestselling novel, but it has been criticized for being melodramatic, culturally inappropriate, and politically biased.

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Lawrence of Judea: T. E. Lawrence and the Deal of the Twentieth Century

Rick Richman in Jewish Review of Books · 2 Apr 2020

In this text, the focus is on T. E. Lawrence's involvement in the Middle East during World War I and the subsequent negotiations that took place, including his support for both the Arab Revolt and Zionism.

0 History Politics

Chaim of Arabia: The First Arab-Zionist Alliance

Rick Richman in Jewish Review of Books · 20 Dec 2018

In 1919, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann met with Emir Faisal, a key figure in the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire, leading to an agreement where Arabs accepted the Balfour Declaration in exchange for Zionist support for an Arab state in Ottoman lands.