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The War That Ended Peace – Book Review

History July 17, 2020

By Jim Miles On a recent hiking trip I took along Margaret MacMillan’s pre World War I history, “The War That Ended Peace – The Road...

Edward Said and the ‘rendezvous of victory’

History July 15, 2020

Edward Said and the ‘rendezvous of victory’ Palestinians find inspiration in the first anti-apartheid movement and other struggles against settler colonialism in their call for...

A doomed Middle East Peace

History July 14, 2020

A Doomed Middle-East Peace Jul 14, 2020SHLOMO BEN-AMI The late PLO chairman, Yasser Arafat, was right to reject the peace proposal made at Camp David 20...

How a 14th century document breathes life into a destroyed Palestinian village

History July 14, 2020

How a 14th century document breathes life into a destroyed Palestinian village Israel's demolition of Zakariyya al-Battikh seemingly erased its centuries-long history. Two testimonies from...

Demolition of Mughrabi Quarter: 1st step of cleansing Old City of Palestinians

History July 14, 2020

Last month Palestinians marked the 53rd anniversary of the 1967 War in which Israel conquered the West Bank, east Jerusalem, Gaza and the Golan...

Why are Israel’s allies suddenly concerned about its latest annexation?

History July 13, 2020

Why are Israel's allies suddenly concerned about its latest annexation? Joseph Massad Israel’s announcement of plans to annex 30 percent of the occupied West Bank has...

The Palestinians’ historic connection to Jerusalem must also be recognized

History July 9, 2020

At the time that Israelis, Palestinians, and many around the world, were focused on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans for unilateral annexation of the...

History of Jerusalem goes online

History July 8, 2020

History of Jerusalem goes online - The archive covers the history of Jerusalem since 1528 Saudi Arabia’s King Abdul Azi Public Library (KAPL) and UN...

Reflections on Palestinian Leaderships Past

History July 8, 2020

Reflections on Palestinian Leaderships Past July 7, 2020 Jamil Hilal identifies the political strengths on which Palestinians can build as well as historical weaknesses to avoid. Palestinian children...

250,000 pages of Palestinian history digitized and accessible for all

History July 8, 2020

The largest documented archive of Jerusalem’s history in the Arab Union Catalog is now available through the work led by the King Abdul Aziz...

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