Posted on Sat, November 27, 2010 at 13:00 pm CET
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Faisal-Frankfurter Correspondence At the Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Following the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement, Emir Faisal exchanged letters with Judge Felix Frankfurter [who served as a Zionist delegate of the American delegation to the Paris Peace Conference], professing his support for Jewish claims in Palestine… Continue reading

Topics: Historical Documents • The Middle East • Zionism 
Posted on Sat, November 13, 2010 at 05:10 am CET
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The Origin Of The Dispute

On November 29, 1947 – the day the United Nations Assembly decided to recommend the partition of Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state – there were no Arab refugees. The area allotted to the Jewish state was much smaller even than that established by the Armistice lines of 1949… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Fact and Fantasy • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, August 29, 2010 at 21:12 pm CEST
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Israeli Sovereignty Over Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria

It is widely accepted, but not correct, that the West Bank belongs to the local Arabs in Palestine who call themselves Palestinians. Israel’s position has not recently been fully stated. At most, it is said that… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Gaza and Westbank • International Law • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jerusalem 
Posted on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:46 am CEST
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The Balfour Declaration of 1917

The Balfour Declaration was a statement of support made by the British Government [the War Cabinet] for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael. It was… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • English • Historical Documents • Israel • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, December 11, 2009 at 05:57 am CET
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Joint Arab-Jewish Agreement on Jewish Homeland

Emir Faisal Hussein, King of Iraq and Syria, agreed to Jewish National Home according to British Mandate (Israel and Jordan) in 1918-1919 in an agreement with Dr. Chaim Weizmann… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, December 11, 2009 at 05:07 am CET
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Agreement between Emir Faisal Husseini and Dr. Weizmann

His Royal Highness the Emir FEISAL, representing and acting on behalf of the Arab Kingdom of Hedjaz, and Dr. CHAIM WIEZMANN, representing and acting on behalf of the Zionist Organization… Continue reading

Topics: Historical Documents