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The History of Palestine: A Complex and Contested Narrative
The history of Palestine is a tapestry woven with threads of ancient civilizations, religious significance, and enduring conflict. It's a story often simplified or politicized, obscuring the rich and multifaceted layers of its past. This comprehensive exploration delves into the key periods and events shaping Palestine's identity, aiming to present a nuanced understanding of its complex and often contested narrative. We will navigate from its prehistoric origins to the modern era, acknowledging the multiple perspectives that contribute to its rich, albeit turbulent, history.
Early Inhabitants and Ancient Civilizations (Pre-1517 CE)
The land we now know as Palestine boasts a history stretching back millennia. Archaeological evidence reveals the presence of human settlements dating to the Paleolithic era. Over the ensuing centuries, various Canaanite tribes inhabited the region, establishing thriving city-states like Jericho and Megiddo. The Bronze Age saw the rise and fall of powerful empires, including the Egyptians, who exerted considerable influence for periods. The subsequent Iron Age witnessed the emergence of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, central to the narratives of Judaism and Christianity. The Babylonian exile, followed by Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman rule, significantly shaped the region's demographics and religious landscape. The destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE marked a pivotal moment, ushering in a new chapter of Roman and later Byzantine dominance.
#### The Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods
The Byzantine period (4th-7th centuries CE) saw the flourishing of Christianity in the region. However, this era was also marked by internal strife and challenges from outside forces. The arrival of Islam in the 7th century CE brought about a significant shift. The Arab conquest integrated Palestine into the vast Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates. This period saw relative prosperity and the integration of Arab culture into the existing fabric of the region. Arabic became the dominant language, and Islamic architecture and scholarship flourished.
#### Crusader Rule and Mamluk Domination
The relative peace of the Islamic period was disrupted by the arrival of the Crusaders in the 11th century CE. Their establishment of Crusader states in the Holy Land led to a prolonged period of conflict. The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt eventually expelled the Crusaders in the 13th century, restoring Muslim control. The Mamluk period saw the rebuilding and restoration of many cities and religious sites.
Ottoman Rule and the Rise of Zionism (1517-1917)
The Ottoman Empire conquered Palestine in 1517, ushering in a period of relatively stable, albeit often decentralized, rule. The Ottoman era lasted for over four centuries, shaping the social and economic structures of the region. However, towards the end of the 19th century, the rise of Zionism, a movement advocating for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, dramatically altered the political landscape. This period saw increasing Jewish immigration to Palestine, sparking tensions with the existing Arab population.
#### The British Mandate and the Growing Conflict (1917-1948)
Following World War I, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and Palestine fell under British Mandate rule. The Balfour Declaration of 1917, which expressed support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, further fueled the growing tensions between Jewish and Arab communities. This period witnessed escalating violence and political maneuvering, setting the stage for the later conflict. The British struggled to reconcile the competing claims of both groups, ultimately failing to establish a stable and equitable system.
The 1948 War and the Palestinian Refugee Crisis
The end of the British Mandate in 1948 resulted in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The ensuing conflict led to the establishment of the State of Israel and the displacement of a large number of Palestinians, a crisis that continues to this day. This event fundamentally shaped the political geography of the region and intensified the ongoing conflict.
The Six-Day War and Beyond (1967-Present)
The Six-Day War of 1967 significantly altered the territorial control in the region, with Israel occupying the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights. The subsequent decades have been marked by ongoing conflicts, peace negotiations, and continued displacement of Palestinians. The Oslo Accords attempted to establish a framework for a two-state solution, but the peace process has faced numerous setbacks. The ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains one of the most complex and intractable challenges in international relations.
Conclusion:
The history of Palestine is a complex and contested narrative, spanning millennia and involving numerous empires, cultures, and religions. Understanding this history requires acknowledging the multiple perspectives and experiences of those who have lived and continue to live in this geographically and historically significant region. It is a story of both continuity and profound change, a legacy that continues to shape the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. Further research and open dialogue are crucial to navigating this complex history and fostering a more informed understanding of the present-day conflict.
FAQs:
1. What is the difference between Palestine and Israel? Historically, the terms often referred to the same geographic area. Currently, Israel is a recognized state, while Palestine is a largely self-declared state, with its borders and status still under dispute.
2. What role did religion play in shaping the history of Palestine? Palestine has been a central site for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, significantly impacting its history and leading to religious conflicts and cooperation throughout various periods.
3. What is the significance of the Balfour Declaration? The Balfour Declaration, while intending to create a Jewish homeland, is viewed by many Palestinians as a betrayal that contributed to the displacement and dispossession of their people.
4. What are the main challenges to achieving a lasting peace in Palestine? The main challenges include territorial disputes, the refugee issue, differing interpretations of history, and the ongoing cycle of violence.
5. Where can I find more information about the history of Palestine? Reliable sources include academic journals, books written by reputable historians, and reputable news organizations that offer diverse perspectives on the conflict. Always critically assess sources for bias.
| history of palestine: A History of Palestine, 634-1099 Moshe Gil, 1992-02-20 Moshe Gil's history of Palestine from the Muslim conquest to the Crusades was the first comprehensive survey of its kind. Based on an impressive array of sources, the author examines the lives of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities of Palestine against a background of the political and military events of the period. |
| history of palestine: A History of Palestine Gudrun Krämer, 2011-02-22 Krämer focuses on patterns of interaction amongst Jews and Arabs (Muslim as well as Christian) in Palestine, an interaction that deeply affected the economic, political, social, and cultural evolution of both communities under Ottoman and British rule. |
| history of palestine: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine Rashid Khalidi, 2020-01-28 A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the perils ahead, ending his note, “in the name of God, let Palestine be left alone.” Thus Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi’s great-great-nephew, begins this sweeping history, the first general account of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective. Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members—mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists—The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process. Original, authoritative, and important, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is not a chronicle of victimization, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day. |
| history of palestine: Palestine Nur Masalha, 2018-08-15 This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine’s multicultural past has been distorted and mythologised by Biblical lore and the Israel–Palestinian conflict. In the process, Masalha reveals that the concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past. Palestine represents the authoritative account of the country's history. |
| history of palestine: A History of Modern Palestine Ilan Pappe, 2004 Pappe's history of Palestine is a unique contribution to the history of a troubled land. |
| history of palestine: A History of Palestine Gudrun Krämer, 2008-02-03 It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and recent past. But until now there has been no single volume in English that tells the history of the events--from the Ottoman Empire to the mid-twentieth century--that shaped modern Palestine. The first book of its kind, A History of Palestine offers a richly detailed interpretation of this critical region's evolution. Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine, noted historian Gudrun Krämer examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Paying special attention to social and economic factors, she examines the gradual transformation of Palestine, following the history of the region through the Egyptian occupation of the mid-nineteenth century, the Ottoman reform era, and the British Mandate up to the founding of Israel in 1948. Focusing on the interactions of Arabs and Jews, A History of Palestine tells how these connections affected the cultural and political evolution of each community and Palestine as a whole. |
| history of palestine: The War for Palestine Eugene L. Rogan, Avi Shlaim, 2001 The Arab-Israeli conflict is one of the most intense and intractable international conflicts of modern times. This book is about the historical roots of that conflict. It re-examines the history of 1948, the war in which the newly-born state of Israel defeated the Palestinians and the regular Arab armies of the neighbouring states so decisively. The book includes chapters on all the principal participants, on the reasons for the Palestinian exodus, and on the political and moral consequences of the war. The chapters are written by leading Arab, Israeli and western scholars who draw on primary sources in all relevant languages to offer alternative interpretations and new insights into this defining moment in Middle East history. The result is a major contribution to the literature on the 1948 war. It will command a wide audience from among students and general readers with an interest in the region. |
| history of palestine: The Palestinian People Baruch Kimmerling, 2009-07-01 In a timely reminder of how the past informs the present, Baruch Kimmerling and Joel Migdal offer an authoritative account of the history of the Palestinian people from their modern origins to the Oslo peace process and beyond. Palestinians struggled to create themselves as a people from the first revolt of the Arabs in Palestine in 1834 through the British Mandate to the impact of Zionism and the founding of Israel. Their relationship with the Jewish people and the State of Israel has been fundamental in shaping that identity, and today Palestinians find themselves again at a critical juncture. In the 1990s cornerstones for peace were laid for eventual Palestinian-Israeli coexistence, including mutual acceptance, the renunciation of violence as a permanent strategy, and the establishment for the first time of Palestinian self-government. But the dawn of the twenty-first century saw a reversion to unmitigated hatred and mutual demonization. By mid-2002 the brutal violence of the Intifada had crippled Palestine's fledgling political institutions and threatened the fragile social cohesion painstakingly constructed after 1967. Kimmerling and Migdal unravel what went right--and what went wrong--in the Oslo peace process, and what lessons we can draw about the forces that help to shape a people. The authors present a balanced, insightful, and sobering look at the realities of creating peace in the Middle East. |
| history of palestine: The Forgotten Palestinians Ilan Pappe, 2011-06-28 Examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule, revealing both Israels attitude toward minorities and Palestinians attitudes toward the Jewish state and analyzes the Israeli state's policy towards its Palestinian citizens. |
| history of palestine: A History of the Palestinian People Assaf Voll, 2017-06-12 This book is the fruit of many years of research, during which thousands of sources have been meticulously reviewed in libraries and archives worldwide. It is no doubt the most comprehensive and extensive review of some 3,000 years of Palestinian history, with emphasis on the Palestinian people's unique contribution to the world and to humanity. |
| history of palestine: Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu, 2023-10-26 Through its millennium–long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Jean-Pierre Filiu’s book is the first comprehensive history of Gaza in any language. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Fatimids, the Mamluks, the Crusaders and the Ottomans. Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine. In 1917, the British Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza, before establishing its mandate on Palestine. In 1948, 200,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza, a marginal area neither Israel nor Egypt wanted. Palestinian nationalism grew there, and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Palestinian history. It is in Gaza that the fedayeen movement arose from the ruins of Arab nationalism. It is in Gaza that the 1967 Israeli occupation was repeatedly challenged, until the outbreak of the 1987 intifada. And it is in Gaza, in 2007, that the dream of Palestinian statehood appeared to have been shattered by the split between Fatah and Hamas. The endurance of Gaza and the Palestinians make the publication of this history both timely and significant. |
| history of palestine: Dear Palestine Shay Hazkani, 2021-04-13 In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over 20 months, thousands of Jews and Arabs came from all over the world to join those already on the ground to fight in the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces and the Arab Liberation Army. With this book, the young men and women who made up these armies come to life through their letters home, writing about everything from daily life to nationalism, colonialism, race, and the character of their enemies. Shay Hazkani offers a new history of the 1948 War through these letters, focusing on the people caught up in the conflict and its transnational reverberations. Dear Palestine also examines how the architects of the conflict worked to influence and indoctrinate key ideologies in these ordinary soldiers, by examining battle orders, pamphlets, army magazines, and radio broadcasts. Through two narratives--the official and unofficial, the propaganda and the personal letters--Dear Palestine reveals the fissures between sanctioned nationalism and individual identity. This book reminds us that everyday people's fear, bravery, arrogance, cruelty, lies, and exaggerations are as important in history as the preoccupations of the elites. |
| history of palestine: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Ilan Pappe, 2007-09-01 The book that is providing a storm of controversy, from ‘Israel’s bravest historian’ (John Pilger) Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel. 'Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history.' NEW STATESMAN Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called 'ethnic cleansing'. Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank in Israel’s founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. Indispensable for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East. *** 'Ilan Pappe is Israel's bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.' JOHN PILGER 'Pappe has opened up an important new line of inquiry into the vast and fateful subject of the Palestinian refugees. His book is rewarding in other ways. It has at times an elegiac, even sentimental, character, recalling the lost, obliterated life of the Palestinian Arabs and imagining or regretting what Pappe believes could have been a better land of Palestine.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A major intervention in an argument that will, and must, continue. There's no hope of lasting Middle East peace while the ghosts of 1948 still walk.' INDEPENDENT |
| history of palestine: Preventing Palestine Seth Anziska, 2020-03-24 For seventy years Israel has existed as a state, and for forty years it has honored a peace treaty with Egypt that is widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. Yet the Palestinians - the would-be beneficiaries of a vision for a comprehensive regional settlement that led to the Camp David Accords in 1978 - remain stateless to this day. How and why Palestinian statelessness persists are the central questions of Seth Anziska's groundbreaking book, which explores the complex legacy of the agreement brokered by President Jimmy Carter. Based on newly declassified international sources, Preventing Palestine charts the emergence of the Middle East peace process, including the establishment of a separate track to deal with the issue of Palestine. At the very start of this process, Anziska argues, Egyptian-Israeli peace came at the expense of the sovereignty of the Palestinians, whose aspirations for a homeland alongside Israel faced crippling challenges. With the introduction of the idea of restrictive autonomy, Israeli settlement expansion, and Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the chances for Palestinian statehood narrowed even further. The first Intifada in 1987 and the end of the Cold War brought new opportunities for a Palestinian state, but many players, refusing to see Palestinians as a nation or a people, continued to steer international diplomacy away from their cause. |
| history of palestine: Modern History: Or, the Present State of All Nations Thomas Salmon, 1739 |
| history of palestine: The Israel-Palestine Conflict James L. Gelvin, 2021-03-11 The fourth edition of this award-winning account of the conflict between Israel and Palestine for students and general readers. |
| history of palestine: Palestine Sumaya Awad, brian bean, 2020-12-01 This essay collection presents a compelling and insightful analysis of the Palestinian freedom movement from a socialist perspective. In Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, contributors examine a number of key aspects in the Palestinian struggle for liberation. These essays contextualize the situation in today’s polarized world and offer a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won. Through an internationalist, anti-imperialist lens, this book explores the links between the struggle for freedom in the United States and that in Palestine, and beyond. Contributors examine both the historical and contemporary trajectory of the Palestine solidarity movement in order to glean lessons for today’s organizers. They argue that, in order to achieve justice in Palestine, the movement must take up the question of socialism regionally and internationally. Contributors include: Jehad Abusalim, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Omar Barghouti, Nada Elia, Toufic Haddad, Remi Kanazi, Annie Levin, Mostafa Omar, Khury Petersen-Smith, and Daphna Thier. |
| history of palestine: Justice for Some Noura Erakat, 2019-04-23 “A brilliant and bracing analysis of the Palestine question and settler colonialism . . . a vital lens into movement lawyering on the international plane.” —Vasuki Nesiah, New York University, founding member of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) Justice in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-Palestinian conflict’s most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel’s settlement enterprise. Laws of war have permitted killing and destruction during Israel’s military offensives in the Gaza Strip. The Oslo Accord’s two-state solution is now dead letter. Justice for Some offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. Focusing on key junctures—from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to present-day wars in Gaza—Noura Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped current conditions. Over the past century, the law has done more to advance Israel’s interests than the Palestinians’. But, Erakat argues, this outcome was never inevitable. Law is politics, and its meaning and application depend on the political intervention of states and people alike. Within the law, change is possible. International law can serve the cause of freedom when it is mobilized in support of a political movement. Presenting the promise and risk of international law, Justice for Some calls for renewed action and attention to the Question of Palestine. “Careful and captivating . . . This book asks that the Palestinian liberation struggle and Jewish-Israeli society each reckon with the impossibility of a two-state future, reimagining what their interests are—and what they could become.” —Amanda McCaffrey, Jewish Currents |
| history of palestine: History of Palestine Jacob De Haas, 1934 |
| history of palestine: Intoxicating Zion Haggai Ram, 2020-10-27 “Masterfully illuminates the social and cultural fissures left by colonialism in the Levant as hashish trade transgressed new national borders.” —Paul Gootenberg, Stony Brook University, author of Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug When European powers carved political borders across the Middle East following World War I, a curious event in the international drug trade occurred: Palestine became the most important hashish waystation in the region and a thriving market for consumption. British and French colonial authorities utterly failed to control the illicit trade, raising questions about the legitimacy of their mandatory regimes. The creation of the Israeli state, too, had little effect to curb illicit trade. By the 1960s, drug trade had become a major point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and drug use widespread. Intoxicating Zion is the first book to tell the story of hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Trafficking, use, and regulation; race, gender, and class; colonialism and nation-building all weave together in Haggai Ram's social history of the drug from the 1920s to the aftermath of the 1967 War. The hashish trade encompassed smugglers, international gangs, residents, law enforcers, and political actors, and Ram traces these flows through the interconnected realms of cross-border politics, economics, and culture. Hashish use was and is a marker of belonging and difference, and its history offers readers a unique glimpse into how the modern Middle East was made. “A fascinating and revelatory tale.” —Ted R. Swedenburg, University of Arkansas “[A] singular, original work of research.” —Yossi Melman, Haaretz “Informative, though (pun intended) sobering, this book is suited for academic libraries.” —Hallie Cantor, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews |
| history of palestine: A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Erik Skare, 2021-01-28 Using a wealth of primary sources, this book traces the history of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), one of the most important yet least understood Palestinian armed factions from its origins in the early 1980s to today, exploring its continued presence despite its more powerful sister movement Hamas. |
| history of palestine: HIST OF PALESTINE John 1804-1854 Kitto, 2016-08-26 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| history of palestine: Palestinians and Israelis Michael Scott-Baumann, 2021-11-09 Newly updated, this accessible history explores the origins and development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Why has it proved so intractable, and what are the implications of escalating tensions for both the Middle East and the world? The ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is one of the most bitter conflicts of modern times, with profound global consequences. In this comprehensive and stimulating overview, Middle East expert Michael Scott-Baumann charts its history from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Each chapter offers a lucid explanation of the politics and includes personal testimony of Israelis and Palestinians whose lives have been marked by conflict. By presenting competing interpretations from both sides, Scott-Baumann examines key flashpoints of the twentieth century, bringing this new edition up to date with a consideration of the war ignited by Hamas's surprise attacks on Israel in 2023. He delineates both the nature of Israeli control over the Palestinian territories and Palestinian resistance – going to the heart of recent clashes. The result is an indispensable account for anyone seeking to understand the context behind today's headlines, including analysis of why international efforts to restore peace have continually failed. |
| history of palestine: Rockaby and Other Short Pieces Samuel Beckett, 1981 We find in Beckett's masterful, exquisite prose, the familiar themes from his earlier works here expressed in the anguished murmurings of the solitary human consciousness. |
| history of palestine: The History of Ancient Palestine from the Palaeolithic Period to Alexander's Conquest Gösta Werner Ahlström, Gary Orin Rollefson, Diana Vikander Edelman, 1993 |
| history of palestine: Palestinian Village Histories Rochelle Davis, 2011 This book chronicles the local histories written by modern Palestinians about their villages that were destroyed in the 1948 war. |
| history of palestine: A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine Ingrid Hjelm, Hamdan Taha, Ilan Pappe, Thomas L. Thompson, 2019-06-07 A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine discusses prospects and methods for a comprehensive, evidence-based history of Palestine with a critical use of recent historical, archaeological and anthropological methods. This history is not an exclusive history but one that is ethnically and culturally inclusive, a history of and for all peoples who have lived in Palestine. After an introductory essay offering a strategy for creating coherence and continuity from the earliest beginnings to the present, the volume presents twenty articles from twenty-two contributors, fifteen of whom are of Middle Eastern origin or relation. Split thematically into four parts, the volume discusses ideology, national identity and chronology in various historiographies of Palestine, and the legacy of memory and oral history; the transient character of ethnicity in Palestine and questions regarding the ethical responsibilities of archaeologists and historians to protect the multi-ethnic cultural heritage of Palestine; landscape and memory, and the values of community archaeology and bio-archaeology; and an exploration of the “ideology of the land” and its influence on Palestine’s history and heritage. The first in a series of books under the auspices of the Palestine History and Heritage Project (PaHH), the volume offers a challenging new departure for writing the history of Palestine and Israel throughout the ages. A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine explores the diverse history of the region against the backdrop of twentieth-century scholarly construction of the history of Palestine as a history of a Jewish homeland with roots in an ancient, biblical Israel and examines the implications of this ancient and recent history for archaeology and cultural heritage. The book offers a fascinating new perspective for students and academics in the fields of anthropological, political, cultural and biblical history. |
| history of palestine: Historical Dictionary of Palestine Ilan Pappe, Johnny Mansour, 2022-03-15 The goal of this book is to treat Palestine not as a state but as a country which in 1948 was divided to Israel, The West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Palestinians live in all these areas and are also dwellers or refugee camps and exilic communities around the world. In our eyes they and the country as a whole are part of the history of Palestine and therefore are all included here. It is a book that regards Palestine in the period from 1800 until today as a geographical term which is still valid and relevant. Therefore, it covers different geo-political units and states that were established over the year in the country of Palestine: the late Ottoman provinces, the British Mandate, the State Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Half of Palestine population live in exile – in refugee camp and diasporic communities. They also have a place of honor in this book. As the story of Zionism and Israel is intertwined with that of the Palestinians, several Zionist/Israeli persons, places and events are also included in this book. Historical Dictionary of Palestine, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Palestine. |
| history of palestine: Palestine and the Palestinians Samih K. Farsoun, 2018-05-04 Palestine and the Palestinians is a sweeping social, economic, ideological, and political history of the Palestinian people, from antiquity to the Road Map to Peace. This second edition is thoroughly revised and updated, including entirely new chapters on the most current issues confronting Palestine today, including: Palestinians in Israel; the Oslo Accords and the Second Intifada; Palestinian refugees and the right to return; Jerusalem; the diplomatic peace process and two-state/single-state solutions. |
| history of palestine: Side by Side Sāmī ʻAbd al-Razzāq ʻAdwān, Dan Bar-On, Eyal J. Naveh, Peace Research Institute in the Middle East, 2012 In 2000, a group of Israeli and Palestinian teachers gathered to address what to many people seemed an unbridgeable gulf between the two societies. Struck by how different the standard Israeli and Palestinian textbook histories of the same events were from one another, they began to explore how to disarm the teaching of the history of the Middle East in Israeli and Palestinian classrooms. The result is a riveting dual narrative of Israeli and Palestinian history. Side by Side comprises the history of two peoples, in separate narratives set literally side-by-side, so that readers can track each against the other, noting both where they differ as well as where they correspond. The unique and fascinating presentation has been translated into English and is now available to American audiences for the first time. An eye-opening--and inspiring--new approach to thinking about one of the world's most deeply entrenched conflicts, Side by Side is a breakthrough book that will spark a new public discussion about the bridge to peace in the Middle East. |
| history of palestine: Palestine Nur Masalha, 2018-08-15 This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine's multicultural past has been distorted and mythologised by Biblical lore and the Israel–Palestinian conflict. In the process, Masalha reveals that the concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past. Palestine represents the authoritative account of the country's history. |
| history of palestine: Whose Land? A History of the Peoples of Palestine James Parkes, 1971 |
| history of palestine: The Complete History of the Palestinian People Marcus Rose, 2010-08-26 Dr. Marcus Rose is a humorist, satiristand alter-ego of a more mild andunassuming person. His books areintended to bring lighthearted relief toan often too serious world--andsometimes to make a political point.Rather than writing something new, orediting and updating something old, heoften republishes old works under newhumorous titles for comic effect; lettingyou the reader draw conclusions as tohow such solid wisdom of the agesfrom an unassuming and innocuousand seemingly irrelevant subject --might be applied in a slightly differentway. Who knows, perhaps what youdiscover in these pages might changeall of our lives forever?This book is a humorous history of The Palestinian People. It is Political Satire. |
| history of palestine: A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Mark A. Tessler, 1994 Mark Tessler's comprehensive and balanced history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the earliest times to the present provides a constructive framework for understanding recent developments and assessing the prospects for future peace. |
| history of palestine: Enemies and Neighbors Ian Black, 2017-11-07 “Comprehensive and compelling...a landmark study” of the Arab-Zionist conflict, told from both sides, by the author of Israel’s Secret Wars (Sunday Times, UK). Setting the scene at the end of the nineteenth century, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in the Ottoman-ruled Holy Land, Black draws on a wide range of sources—from declassified documents to oral testimonies to his own vivid-on-the-ground reporting—to illuminate the most polarizing conflict of modern times. Beginning with the 1917 Balfour Declaration, in which the British government promised to favor the establishment of “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, Black proceeds through the Arab Rebellion of the late 1930s, the Nazi Holocaust, Israel’s independence and the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), the watershed of 1967 followed by the Palestinian re-awakening, Israel’s settlement project, two Intifadas, the Oslo Accords, and continued negotiations and violence up to today. Combining engaging narrative with political analysis and social and cultural insights, Enemies and Neighbors is both an accessible overview and a fascinating investigation into the deeper truths of a furiously contested history. |
| history of palestine: On Palestine Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, 2015-05-07 On Palestine is Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe's indispensable update on a suffering region. What is the future of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement directed at Israel? Which is more viable, the binational or one state solution? Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky, two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, discuss these critical questions and more in this urgent and timely book, a sequel to their acclaimed Gaza in Crisis. 'Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet' The New York Times Book Review 'Ilan Pappé is Israel's bravest, most principled, most incisive historian' John Pilger 'This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region' Publishers Weekly (on Gaza in Crisis) |
| history of palestine: Memories of Revolt Ted Swedenburg, 2003-07-01 “This wonderful monograph treats a subject that resonates with anyone who studies the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and particularly Palestinian nationalism: that how Palestinian history is remembered and constructed is as meaningful to our understanding of the current struggle as arriving as some sort of ‘complete empirical understanding’ of its history. Swedenburg . . . studies how a major anti-colonial insurrection, the 1936–38 strike and revolt in Palestine [against the British], is remembered in Palestinian nationalist historiography, western and Israeli ‘official’ historical discourse, and Palestinian popular memory. Using primarily oral history interviews, supplemented by archival material and national monuments, he presents multiple, complex, contradictory, and alternative interpretations of historical events. . . . The book is thematically divided into explorations of Palestinian nationalist symbols, stereotypes, and myths; Israeli national monuments that simultaneously act as historical ‘injunctions against forgetting’ Jewish history and efforts to ‘marginalize, vilify, and obliterate’ the Arab history of Palestine; Palestine subaltern memories as resistance to official narratives, including unpopular and controversial recollections of collaboration and assassination; and finally, how the recodification and revival of memories of the revolt informed the Palestinian intifada that erupted in 1987.” —MESA Bulletin |
| history of palestine: Black Power and Palestine Michael R Fischbach, 2018-11-20 A study of how the Arab-Israeli conflict affected the American civil rights movement. The 1967 Arab–Israeli War rocketed the question of Israel and Palestine onto the front pages of American newspapers. Black Power activists saw Palestinians as a kindred people of color, waging the same struggle for freedom and justice as themselves. Soon concerns over the Arab–Israeli conflict spread across mainstream black politics and into the heart of the civil rights movement itself. Black Power and Palestine uncovers why so many African Americans—notably Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali, among others—came to support the Palestinians or felt the need to respond to those who did. Americans first heard pro-Palestinian sentiments in public through the black freedom struggle of the 1960s and 1970s. Michael R. Fischbach uncovers this hidden history of the Arab–Israeli conflict’s role in African American activism and the ways that distant struggle shaped the domestic fight for racial equality. Black Power’s transnational connections between African Americans and Palestinians deeply affected US black politics, animating black visions of identity well into the late 1970s. Black Power and Palestine allows those black voices to be heard again today. In chronicling this story, Fischbach reveals much about how American peoples of color create political strategies, a sense of self, and a place within US and global communities. The shadow cast by events of the 1960s and 1970s continues to affect the United States in deep, structural ways. This is the first book to explore how conflict in the Middle East shaped the American civil rights movement. Praise for Black Power and Palestine “An indispensable read on the civil rights and Black Power era, shedding new light on just how deeply the Arab-Israeli conflict has shaped black domestic politics. Anyone interested in why conflict in the Middle East continues to cast its long shadow over U.S. foreign and domestic policy should read this book.” —Cynthia A. Young, The Pennsylvania State University, author of Soul Power: Culture, Radicalism, and the Making of a U.S. Third World Left “Michael R. Fischbach explores one of the most important international ramifications of the political awakening of African Americans in the 20th century: how movements ranging from the Black Muslims and Black Panthers to SNCC and the NAACP related to the Palestinian struggle. Original and timely, Black Power and Palestine offers fascinating insight into a vital issue in the self-definition of the African American community, one that continues to have great relevance today in the growing linkages between the Black Lives Matter movement and Palestinian activism.” —Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University, author of Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East |
| history of palestine: The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World Peter Schäfer, 2003-09-02 Examines Judaism in Palestine throughout the Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great's conquest in 334 BC to its capture by the Arabs in AD 636. |
| history of palestine: Palestine and the Palestinians in the 21st Century Rochelle Davis, Mimi Kirk, 2013 Recent developments in Palestinian political, economic, and social life have resulted in greater insecurity and diminishing confidence in Israel's willingness to abide by political agreements or the Palestinian leadership's ability to forge consensus. This volume examines the legacies of the past century, conditions of life in the present, and the possibilities and constraints on prospects for peace and self-determination in the future. These historically grounded essays by leading scholars engage the issues that continue to shape Palestinian society, such as economic development, access to resources, religious transformation, and political movements. |
Palestine, A Four Thousand Year History - Archive.org
Palestine are grounded here in the living history and living experiences of the indig enous people of Palestine and the Palestinised immigrants in the country.
History of Palestine - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The name is found in numerous and diverse sources for the Ancient Near East throughout the last 3300 years. The name Palestine was used by the ancient Egyptians and Assyrians, classical …
The history of Palestine - Springer
The history of Palestine. The arrival of Zionism. Historical Palestine - meaning all the land now forming Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but not the Golan Heights (which are part of …
A HISTORY OF MODERN PALESTINE - Archive.org
A HISTORY OF MODERN PALESTINE Ilan Pappe’s history of modern Palestine has been updated to include the dramatic events of the s and the early twenty-first century. These …
The Life and Times of First-Century Palestine - smp.org
Palestine Family The family was the central social institution of biblical times. Family ties shaped economic relations: a son would typically take the trade of his father; a few wealthy families …
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A History of Modern Palestine. Tracing the history of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in …
Palestine History: A Complex and Contested Narrative
The history of Palestine is a tapestry woven with threads of ancient civilizations, religious significance, and enduring conflict. Understanding this history is crucial, not just for …
A HISTORY OF MODERN PALESTINE - Cambridge …
Ilan Pappe’s history of modern Palestine has been updated to include the dramatic events of the s and the early twenty- first century. These years, which began with a sense of optimism, as the …
Introduction: History from Below; Lessons from Palestine
What can a “history from below” reveal about the past, present, and future of Palestine? This was the question that animated a panel at the 2020 Middle East Studies Association conference …
The Social and Cultural History of Palestine - De Gruyter
The Social and Cultural History of Palestine. Essays in Honour of Salim Tamari. Edited by Sarah Irving. Edinburgh University Press is one of the leading university presses in the UK.
A Short History of the Conflict in Palestine/Israel
Over the centuries, the people of Palestine have lived under many rulers, including the ancient Egyptians, the Jewish kingdoms of Israel and Judea, the Early Muslim invasion, the Crusades, …
The Israel‐Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories: Chronology
The Israel–Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories, Second Edition. Neil Caplan. 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2020 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1917. November/. British issue …
Palestine through History
Apr 22, 1989 · comprehensive understanding of the history of modern Palestine. ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPEAN HISTORY Specifically Zionism arose in response to European anti-Semitism.' …
The root causes of enduring conflict: Can Israel and …
Applying the bargaining theory of war to Israel-Palestine Of the three potential sources of costly military conflict identified by theory, one can probably be ruled out easily, and another …
Palestine: Ancient History and Modern Politics
region around Jerusalem was named First Palestine, while Third Palestine incorporated a large piece of old Arabia-the Sinai, Negev, and the eastern bank of contemporary Jordan south of …
A Century of Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Zionism’s
The violent birth of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent colonization of the entirety of the land of Palestine after the 1967 war are indeed reflections of Zionism’s successes in fulfilling its settler …
Israel and the Palestinians: Chronology of a Two-State Solution
Jun 30, 2020 · Israel and the Palestinians: Chronology of a Two-State Solution. The idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict developed gradually in the years after Israel …
MOSHE GIL: A history of Palestine,
MOSHE GIL: A history of Palestine, 634-1099. xxvi, 968 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1992. ?80, $125. Professor Gil's vast new book on Palestine is the …
Palestine: On the History and Geography of a Name
The word Palestine comes from Philistine and originally denoted the coastal region north and south of Gaza which was occupied and settled by the Philistine invaders from across the sea.
Ilan Pappe, a history of modern Palestine: one land, two …
Ilan Pappe, a history of modern Palestine 397 periods, Pappe himself concedes that it was the 1967 war, by reinforcing the notion of individual struggle as a value, that forged a true …
150 Years of Palestinian Art - Dalloul Art Foundation
in Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine, and the variety of Islamic art in the city of Jerusalem. During the past 150 years, several stages in the history of Palestine have contributed to the formation and development of an art movement that reflects the common state of the nation rather than the personal experiences of the artists.
Rediscovering Ottoman Palestine: Writing Palestinians into …
informing most works on the history of Palestine-and to formulate an alter-native approach. The paucity of theoretical works in the field of Middle East history, the dearth of comparative studies, and the fact that the field of "new" Ottoman history is still in its early (though very vigorous) stages, make the task of
Palestine, Prehistory, and the “Origins of Agriculture”
Israel/Palestine and elsewhere. This is not the case. As I outline here and elsewhere, the study of prehistory in Palestine is equally entwined with archaeology’s settler-colonial history and present, and with the search for European origins.4 The kind of prehistory established in Europe by the 1920s was largely concerned
PALESTINE FOR BEGINNERS
PALESTINE FOR BEGINNERS a fact sheet - history and issues ***** For thousands of years until 1948, the place now called Israel was called Palestine. • Both Palestinians and Jews have been living in the area for thousands of years. Just as today's Jews claim descent from the ancient Khabiru or Hebrews, today's Palestinians claim descent from ...
Revisionist Views of the Modern History of Palestine: 1948
Modern History of Palestine 427 journalist and historian Tom Segev as "the strongest book ever written about any Israeli war ... [in which] heroes lost their heroism, the dead lost the reason for their death";7 the two volumes of memoirs of Netiva Ben Yehuda, a sabotage officer in the Palmach under Yigal Allon;8 and the reminiscences of
A Partial History of Palestine - Roger Williams University
A PARTIAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE . Karl Sabbagh, Author and Television Producer . The phrase ‘New Land for Peace’ is the starting point for this conference and I’d like to explain something about the land, and something about why there isn’t peace there at the moment. In
The Palestine Nakba
The Nakba is the turning point in the modern history of Palestine — that year over 500 villages and towns and a whole country and its people disappeared from international maps and dictionaries. This sudden shattering of Palestinian society (Falah 1996: 256–85;
The History of Palestine - Allah's Word
The study tackles the history of Palestine since the dawn of history till our contemporary time, it is a part of a large book entitled “Connecting Voices”, written by a young Tunisian author and writer called Fawzy Al-Ghadiry. The goal of the book is to identify
Introduction: History from Below; Lessons from Palestine
Palestine, its history, and its people. What can a “history from below” reveal about the past, present, and future of Palestine? This was the question that animated a panel at the 2020 Middle East Studies Association conference and now graces these pages in the form of this essay cluster. Uncovering new spaces,
A Short History of the Conflict in Palestine/Israel
By Jody Sokolower, coordinator of Teach Palestine Project, Middle East Children’s Alliance P alestine has a very long history. Many cultures have left their mark on the region. The earliest evidence of shepherds setting up camp with their flocks dates to 6,000–7,000 years ago. Over the centuries, the people of Palestine have lived under
Postage stamps and postal history of Palestine - Wikipedia
Mar 25, 2017 · The postage stamps and postal history of Palestine emerges from its geographic location as a crossroads amidst the empires of the ancient Near East , the Levant and the Middle East . Postal services in the region were first established in the Bronze Age , during the rule of Sargon of Akkad , and successive ...
Origin Of The Term Palestine (2024) - Southern West Virginia …
told through pivotal events and family history In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people …
Hoover Institution Stanford University
of Israel/Palestine Barry Strauss The Jewish people have a very ancient history in Palestine, going back three thousand years. That statement should be a proposition about history in the same way that, for instance, a statement that the Peloponnesian War took place about 2,500 years ago is a proposi-tion about history.
Palestine's Arab Population: The Demography of the …
Palestine engaged as peasants who either owned and cultivated their plots or served as tenants for the small landed aristocracy that was to assume an 2 See Janet Abu Lughod, "The Demographic Transformation of Palestine," in Ibrahim Abu Lughod (ed.), The Transformation of Palestine (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1971), p. 140. 3 Ibid ...
A HISTORY OF MODERN PALESTINE - yplus.ps
A HISTORY OF MODERN PALESTINE Ilan Pappe’s history of modern Palestine has been updated to include the dramatic events of the s and the early twenty-first century. These years, which began with a sense of optimism, as the Oslo peace accord was being negotiated, culminated in the second intifada and the increase of militancy on both sides.
Narrating Palestine: The Palestinian Oral History Archive …
provide access to over one thousand oral history testimonies by first-generation Palestinian refugees residing in Lebanon. The interviews and other recorded statements provide a valuable lens through which to examine a defining moment of rupture in Palestine’s modern history from an underrepresented social and cultural perspective.
Palestine History Timeline and Campaigns Calendar
Palestine here in the UK with its global counterparts. You might want to plan an action for your divestment campaign or maybe post a message on social media. Again, let us know what you’re planning and we can spread the word to inspire others. Over 100 Years of Palestinian History and Resistance Palestine and the Colonial Predicament, 1917-1947
Full Palestine Timeline
The Palestine Riots 1937 British Palestine Royal Commission: Two State Solution 1948 – 1949 Arab & Israeli War 1982 Invasion of Lebanon 1948 British Mandate Expires 1950 The Law of Return 1987 – 1991 The 1st Intifada 1978 – 1979 Peace Treaties between Israel & Egypt 1964 The Palestine Liberation Organisation is Created 1956 The Sinai ...
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HISTORY OF PALESTINE. By A. S. RAPPOPORT. pp. 368. London: Allen and Unwin, 1931. 12s. 6d. Professor Olmstead's handsome volume is uniform with the series of historical textbooks issued under the general direction of Professor Breasted at …
History of Palestine. By Angelo S. Rappoport. 1931. 368 pp.
history of Palestine is traced from the palaeolithic age down to the present day. Not only the leading facts in its history are presented in a clear and readable form, but the details are also filled in with a com pleteness and accuracy which will make it of value to the scholar. The author has made plentiful useof the best authorities, and the ...
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Life in Palestine Gaza under Hamas’ control In Palestine10, a land divided, the West Bank is governed by the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, while Gaza is under the rule of Hamas. In 196711, Israel gained control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank during the Six-Day War, a conflict involving Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
The Right of the Palestinian People to Self-Determination
their history. Palestine is a defining issue in a broader struggle against colonialism, and for self-determination. The Palestinian issue resonates strongly, particularly with nations that have experienced colonization, seen as part of the anti-imperial struggle. This revolutionary and anti-colonial legacy has influenced the stance of many UN
Writing/righting Palestine studies: settler colonialism, …
Palestine studies should refer to Indigenous studies. It argues that while the settler-colonial analysis is fitting for the study of Zionism as an ideology and its history, frameworks that grew out of Indigenous studies are a more fitting political and academic home for the study of Palestinian history. KEYWORDS Palestine; indigeneity;
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Yplus
the past, present, and future of Israel/Palestine relations.’ —Richard Falk, Professor of International Law and Practise, Princeton University ‘If there is to be real peace in Palestine/Israel, the moral vigour and intellectual clarity of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine will have been a major contributor to it.’
Archaeological Sources for the History of Palestine: The Early …
for the History of Palestine Approximate Date B.c. Palestine Egypt Mesopotamia 3400-3100 Early Bronze I Predynastic Protoliterate 3100-2700 Early Bronze II First and Second Jemdet Nasr/Early
Agriculture in Palestine - JSTOR
Agriculture in Palestine 249 Agriculture during the Christian Era to the Nineteenth Century In 1934 Dr. Jacob de Haas wrote a history of Palestine in which he recorded many items concerning agriculture in these long centuries. "The soil was the source of Palestine's wealth and had been so for ages before." It
Palestine and the Will to Theorise Decolonial Queering
settler-colonial history of Palestine, which manifests further in how Hochberg reflects on the use of the word Israel/Palestine in the introduction to the issue: the use of the slashed name might be problematic, precisely because Palestine. of. of. Press).
Postal History of the Holy Land - Royal Philatelic Society …
POSTAL HISTORY OF THE HOLY LAND 1459 - 1949 This exhibition illustrates the postal history of Palestine during almost 500 years, from Prephilatelic mail dated in the XV century, until the end of Israeli War of Independence in 1949. Also shown is the Arab side of …
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY History of East Palestine, …
ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM History of East Palestine, Ohio Personal Experience O. H. 571 JOSEPH KERSHBAUMER Interviewed by Stephan G. Casi on June 1, 1979 . JOSEPH F. KERSHBAUMER Joseph ,p. Kershbaumer was born in Barnhill, Ohio on December 12, 1899. At the age of ten he moved with his
Historical Palestine’s Demography
the settlement of the area, Palestine was empty of any population, except the ancestral Jewish community.1 This myth strongly encouraged Jewish immigration to historical Palestine. around 738,000 individuals.Unfortunately, it also paved the road to one of the largest forced displacements in modern history. The
THE MIDDLE EAST: CONFLICT, CRISIS AND CHANGE, 1917 …
history the middle east: conflict, crisis and change, 1917–2012 student book ... build-up of tension in palestine, 1917–48 2 2. the creation of israel, the war of 1948–49 and the suez crisis of 1956 24 3. tension and conflict, 1956–73 43 4. diplomacy , peace then wider war, 1973–83 69
A Short History of the Colonization of Palestine
Myth: “Israel” is a democracy. History: A variety of racist laws were passed soon after the “state of Israel” was established.The Law of Return in 1950 grants the right of immigration to Jews born anywhere in the world. Non-Jewish native born Palestinians who fled the massacres in
Palestine And The Arab Israeli Conflict A History With …
A History of Palestine Gudrun Krämer,2011-02-22 Krämer focuses on patterns of interaction amongst Jews and Arabs (Muslim as well as Christian) in Palestine, an interaction that deeply affected the economic, political, social, and cultural evolution of both communities under Ottoman and British rule.
Israeli and Palestinian Memories and Historical Narratives …
The Palestine war of 1948 remains a formative event in the Middle East and especially for the immediately concerned parties, Israelis and Palestin- ... History, because it is an intellectual and secular production, calls for analysis and criticism . . . Memory is absolute, while history can only
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Jordan Journal of Natural History 6:11-18 McHugh, C., S.Shaheen and M.B. Qumsiyeh. 2020. Agriculture Connected to Ecosystems and Sustainability: A Palestine World Heritage Site as a Case Study. Al-Marsad. In press. Mourad-Hanna, E, K.G. Friberg and M.B. Qumsiyeh. 2020. Traditional Knowledge and Use of Wild Plants in Palestine: Case Study in Artas.
STUDIES IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF
the modern economic and social history of Palestine. I was distressed to learn of the tragic and untimely death of A vi Plascov during the proofing of the book. I wish he had lived to see it. Roger Owen . Notes on the Contributors SARAH GRAHAM …
A Brief History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict By Jeremy …
presence on the ground in Palestine. He later became Israel’s first and longest-serving prime minister. Although one well-known Zionist slogan was “a land without a people for a people without a land,” many Arabs lived in Palestine. As Zionism was growing, local patriotic sentiments began to develop in Palestine.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Caabu
Zionists over the fate of Palestine and between the Zionist militias and the British army, Britain requested that the recently established United Nations determine the future of Palestine. The UN General Assembly passed Resolution 181 in 1947 which …
The British Mandate in Palestine - Archive.org
The volume is a modern review of the British Mandate in Palestine from different perspectives, which makes it a valuable addition to the field. It is a key resource for students and scholars interested in international relations, history of the Middle East, Palestine and Israel. Michael J Cohen is Emeritus Professor of History at Bar-Ilan ...
the israel-palestine conßict - Cambridge University Press
Ottoman Palestine through the present, exploring the external pressures and internal logic that have propelled it. Placing events in Palestine within the framework of global history, The Israel-Palestine Con ict: A History skilfully interweaves biographical sketches, eyewitness accounts, poetry, ction, and of cial documentation into its narrative.
PALESTINE AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT: 1948–
the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964, sponsored by Egypt, and the appearance of al-Fatah, led by young Palestinians among whom was Yasser Arafat. Al-Fatah was then separate from . Page 5 of 5 and opposed to the PLO, and undertook raids into Israel from 1965 onward, sponsored by Syria. The
More Noble Than War: A Soccer History of Israel- Palestine
stance. There is a long history of sports being used by repressive regimes as a vehicle for normalization and also by their challengers as a venue for political protest and activism. Nicholas Blincoe’s fascinating and accessible new book, More Noble Than War: A Soccer History of Israel-Palestine, traces the history of soccer in Palestine/Israel
A New Critical Approach to the - ResearchGate
tion of the history of Palestine as a history of a Jewish homeland with roots in an ancient, biblical Israel and examines the implications of this ancient and recent history for archaeology and ...
A Brief History of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Agreements - Israel …
A Brief History of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Agreements Since Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007, Hamas and Israel have engaged in several armed confrontations. All of these rounds of intensified violence gave way to stretches of calm that began with ceasefires, typically brokered by third parties such as Egypt, Qatar, and the U.S.
Review: [Untitled] on JSTOR
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2020. 336 pages. Hardcover $27.99. Author Information. Reviewed by Peter Bartu. Peter Bartu is Lecturer in Middle East Politics in the Global Studies Department at the University of California Berkeley.
Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Politics of Teaching History …
policy was constructed to keep Palestine underdeveloped and to hinder any state-building efforts that could potentially compete with the Zionist project. Teaching History in Mandate Palestine 10 || Journal of Palestine Studies
Food and Agricultural Concerns in Palestine - World Food Prize
crisis in Palestine, while lastly offering viable solutions to mitigate the issues at hand. History Palestine in its current form has had a violent past, with major conflicts stemming from Israeli intervention. To understand the root of the dispute, it is essential to recount the deep history that these two states have undergone.
HISTORY OF PALESTINE, 900 B.C. to present - God of the Word
614 A.D. = Palestine was taken in a bloody war with the Persians. 628 A.D. = Jerusalem was re-taken by the Byzantine rulers of Constantinople. 640 A.D. = Arab conquest of the Middle East under Mohammed and the Ummayyids (poverty resulted). 1099 - 1281 A.D. = Crusades. Palestine became a state with its own government and capital.
Palestine - Yplus
Moreover, Palestine history is often taught in the West as a history of a land, not as Palestinian history or a history of a people. This book challenges colonial approach to Palestine and the pernicious myth of a land without a people (Masalha 1992, 1997) and argues for reading the
Rediscovering Ottoman Palestine: Writing Palestinians into …
that in the minds of many the history of the Holy City was practically synony-mous with the history of Palestine as a whole. This tendency has cast a shadow over the rest of Palestine, particularly the hill regions of Hebron, Nablus, and the Galilee for which, until today, we have few sources and even fewer interested historians.
