History of Israel, from 1850-present
History of Israel, from 1850-present
Here are some essays on the history of
the Land of Israel, "Eretz Yisroel".
Essays in italics are still being worked on
Political Mythology
The History and Meaning of the words "Palestine" and "Palestinians", which means "Sea Invader"
Politically motivated mythology of "Palestine"
Myths of the Middle East
More Myths of the Middle East
A Photographic Tour of the Holy Land 1831-1910
Biblical History
Background: Timeline of "Palestine" 1273 BCE to 1948
The Land of Israel, map of the inheritance of the 12 tribes
Jewish forms of Government: the interplay of "Church and State"
Persian (Iranian) assistance in rebuilding the Jewish Temple
Non-Jewish worship in the Temple "House of Prayer for all people"
Traditional Jewish Views on Religious Tolerance
The Maccabees, Hasmonean dynasty and Herod until 135CE
Jonathan Hyrcanus and the conversion of Syria and Jordan to Judaism
Maps of Jewish "holy sites", the final resting places of Rabbis in Israel, Jordan and Syria
History of Israel, an Overview
4th-7th centuries, The Jewish Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
After the destruction of the second Temple, the Jews fled to Arabia
Medina, Islam's second holiest city, was originally a Jewish "settlement"
The Islamic Cresent was originally a Jewish Symbol
One thousand years of Jewish-Persian (Iranian) alliance, 4th BCE-7th CE
Himyar - The Jewish Kingdom of Arabia 390-626 CE, decimated by the rise of Islam
The Byzantine-Ethiopian conquest of Himyar and the beginnings of the Falashah Jewish community of Ethiopia
7th Century, The rise of the faith of Islam
The Prophet Mohammed, a Jewish pseudo-Messiah
Islam as a form of Judaism, a continuation of the Jewish Prophets.
Islamic 'endtimes' theology requires the restoration of Jews to their homeland and Arab assistance in rebuilding the Jewish temple
Quotes from the Qu'ran and Hadith about Jews, Jerusalem and Israel
8th-13th centuries, The Jewish Kingdom of Khazaria
Fleeing Islam, Jewish nationalists headed to Southern Russia
The rise of the powerful Jewish Convert Kingdom of Khazaria 786-1237 CE
Wars between Khazaria and Islam, stopping the expansion of Islam into Russia
Movement of Khazarian Jews and converts as refugees to the Ukraine in the 12th CE
8th-16th centuries, Islamic conquest and expansion
Continuous Jewish Presence in the Holy Land (Samuel Katz)
Continuous Jewish Presence in the Holy Land (Peters)
The Qur'an (Koran) & institutionalized anti-Semitism
Religious Persecution of Jews by Arabs
Throwing Stones at Jews is based in Ancient Islamic Ritual
Forced conversions in the Islamic conquests
The forced conversion of the Jewish community of Persia and the beginnings of the Kurds
An appeal to Moslems of Jewish descent
Non-Arab and/or non-Muslims in the "Arab" world
The Islamic claim to the Temple Mount is very recent, since 1930
The name Al-Quds is an abbreviation for "The Jewish Temple"
14th-19th Jewish Semi-Autonomy, Migration and Expulsions
A History of the Jews, a list of expulsions for 2000 years
Rise of European Nationalism: Expulsion from Spain to Chmielnicki massacres
Messianic hope and rise of Shabbetai Zvi and his conversion to Islam 1626-1676
Awakening in the Christian world in support of a Jewish Restoration 1830-1930
1850-1920 Restoration of the Jewish Homeland and Arab-Jewish cooperation
Deive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine, 1850
Ottoman Rule Map (Eve of W.W.I), 1516 to 1917
British Mandate Map 1920-1946
British Administrative Division Map 1922 - 1946
Palestine was inhabited by a mixed population
Palestine, a land virtually laid waste with little population
Bareness and oppression of Palestine due to feudal system of taxes by absentee Arab Landowners
Joint Arab-Jewish agreement on Jewish Homeland, between Emir Feisal Husseini and Dr. Weizmann, January 3, 1918
Jewish proposal for Jewish Homeland, presented to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919
Feisal-Frankfurter Correspondence, further to Arab proposal for Jewish Homeland, March 3, 1919
1920-1948 The British Mandate for Palestine
Document: An Interim Report on the Civil Administration of Palestine to the League of Nations, June 1921, on the condition of Palestine
Evidence of Haj Amin al-Husseini Before the Royal Commission in 1937 stating Jewish land was legally purchased from Arabs
The Myth of Palestinian Nationalism, narrowly defined, anti-Semitism
Arabs in, Jews out: Britain's role in trying to create an artificial Arab majority in Palestine 1920-1948
British Plans against France, and against the Jews in 1915
Britain, Haj Husseini and the Arab Riots of 1920
British Efforts Against the Nascent Israeli State, in 1948
The proposed partition of Western Palestine in 1938 & The British Policy of Appeasement
The Struma & The unmitigated policy of the British against Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler's war against them
Britain's Partition Map 1946
U.N. Partition Plan Map 1947
Document: Official British Police Report Regarding Jews' Appeal to Arabs to NOT leave Haifa in 1948
The Arab Invasion of 1948
1948 Arab and Jewish refugees
Palestinian Refugees, invited to leave in 1948
How many Palestinians Refugees? inflating the numbers
Arab-Jewish Refugees, the other Middle Eastern Refugee problem
Exchange of Populations
Why are Palestinian Refugees treated differently than all other refugees in the world?
Legal Background to the "Palestinian Right of Return"
1948-1967 Early Israeli History
Armistice Agreements Map 1949
Fedayeen Raids Map 1951 - 1956
The Sinai Campaign Map 1956
Palestinian Refugees, unlike other refugees in the world, were denied resettlement opportunities, for political reasons
A collection of historical quotations relating to the Arab refugees
History of Jordan, Jordan as Palestine & Two states for two people, Jordan must contribute
The Communist - atheist - anti-religious roots of Israeli's political "Left"
1967-1984 Later Israeli History
Position of Arab Forces Map 1967
Six Day War Map - June 1967
Cease Fire Lines Map 1967
Discrediting Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries, Official Arab "Invitation" for Jews to return, 1970-1977
"Palestinian" as an Arab ethnic group is a modern political creation since 1967
Palestinians only one politicized segment of the larger problem of state-less, citizenship-less migrant workers of the Middle East
Who are the Palestinians?
Record of the United Nations, why is it so anti-Israel
Jewish Settlements are Legal according to International Law
Egyptian Attack Map 1973
Syrian Attack Map 1973
1984-2000 The Olso Years and the rise of Arabic-Islamic Nationalism
The First Oslo Agreements, 1993-1995
U.S. House of Representatives: Task Force on Terrorism, 1996
Al Aksa Tunnel Riots of 1996
Corruption within the Palestinian Authority, 1997; PLO has $10b in assets
U.S. House of Representatives: The Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Challenge - Myths and Reality, 1998
Peace with Jordan
The Wye Agreement - November 1998
Sharm Agreement, 50% Withdrawal, 1999
Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon, May 2000
Proposed 80% Withdrawal, May 2000
Proposed 95% Withdrawal, July 2000
Israel's Compromise on it's "Red Lines", Camp David II
Proposal for dividing Jerusalem, Camp David II, Taba
Relative sizes of areas in Middle East
Israel size comparison maps
Graphs of Increase in Terror and Crime since Oslo
Arafat's Strategy: Lebanonization and Entanglement
The rise of Israel's Oriental Jews (Sefardim), Israel's shift away from secularism
Arabic settlement policy in the West Bank and Gaza
The West Bank population under Jordanian rule 1948-1967
Draft Report of Arab Settlement Activity in the West Bank (261 settlements since 1950)
Illegal Arab immigration into "Palestine" - part of Oslo
2000-present The Multi-Media War
Erasing Jewish History, Destruction of the Temple Mount
The Main Reason for the Present Middle East Conflict: ISLAM not "The Territories"
Who Started the Al Aksa Intifada? List of events of Temple Mount Destruction in June, until Ariel Sharon's visit in September
"How PA Violence was planned", Report by Palestinian Media Watch
Palestinian Authority Communications Minister says Al Aksa Intifada was planned since July (for six months)
Breakdown of casualties during the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
"Palestinians" killing "Palestinians"
Who killed Muhammad al-Dura?
I am a Jew. I am a poet. I am heartbroken
Document: Israeli Government White Paper on PA/PLO non-compliance
Document: Israel's Preliminary Report To the Mitchell Inquiry
Journalists describe constant Palestinian intimidation
Why Israel Newspapers are the most anti-Israel in the world
History of Israel's Broadcasting Authority: a Politically Left-leaning (Relativistic, Revisionist) Ideological Entity
Media Bias: CNN and others are misreporting the news
CNN, BBC and others in fierce competition for lucrative, emerging Middle Eastern Markets
Muftism, Nazism, Communism and Traditional Anti-Semitism give birth to Islamism, 1917-present
The new Arab "identity" derives from the impact of the West in the last fifty years
Wahhabism, the Saudi Arabia-based puritanical heresy at the base of Islamism
Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem
Muftism and Nazism: World War II Collaboration Documents
Bosnian Moslems recruited the Nazi SS by Yasser Arafat's 'Uncle'
Turning the West Bank into another "Bosnia" (Photo Album)
The Farhud, the Mufti inspired Krystallnacht in Iraq, 1941
A "Fatwa " Issued by Haj Amin al-Husseini in Iraq, pro-Nazi coup May, 1941
The Syrian-Iraqi Baath party and its Nazi beginnings
The Roots of Muslim Rage: Why so many Muslims deeply resent the West, and why their bitterness will not easily be mollified
The history of the PLO and the International Legitimization of Terrorism
History of Fedayeen, PLO, Fatah, PFLP, PFLP-GC, DFLP, etc Militant Palestinian Groups
Saddam Hussein, nephew of Khayrallah Tulfah, of the 1941 Pro-Nazi coup in Iraq
Hitler and the Arabs, How could they have missed it?
A technique of propaganda called "Turnspeak"
Yasser Arafat Biography
Yasser Arafat worthy successor to Haj Muhammad Amin al Husseini
Arafat's use of "Turnspeak" to say Israel causes terrorism
Islamic Sermons on Temple Mount by the grandson of the Haj Amin al-Husseini, 2000
After World Trade Center bombing, Sept 11, 2001
Its not Afghanistan, Its Iraq
Other Essays
Catholic Views on Israel, Dealing with the theological problems of a successful Jewish State, illustrating growing moderation and tolerance
The Roots of Anti-Judaism in the Christian Environment
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
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