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Over 50,000 new Jewish immigrants arrived in Palestine. [29] In 1936 Jews made up about one-third of the population. [214] The hostilities contributed to further disengagement of the Jewish and Arab economies in Palestine, which were intertwined to some extent until that time. Development of the economy and infrastructure accelerated. [29]
The region today: Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.
Stern became a pariah among the Jews in Palestine, and was himself killed by British police in 1942. During the war, a special paratrooper unit in the British Army composed of Jewish men and women from Palestine was active. The unit's members were sent into occupied Europe, mainly by airdrop, to help organise and participate in local resistance ...
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation was founded in Cairo in 1964, dedicated to fighting for the ”liberation of Palestine” through armed revolution rather than dwelling on rights issues, a ...
5 Jewish Keren Kayemet workers killed near Har Haruach by an Arab ambush. Ma'ale HaHamisha was named in their honor. [16] N/A March 28, 1938 6 6 Jewish passengers killed by Arabs while traveling from Haifa to Safed. N/A August 16, 1938 3 A Jewish family was kidnapped by Arabs in Atlit. 3 killed. [17] [18] 1938 Tiberias pogrom: October 2, 1938 19
The following year Persian-Jewish forces captured Caesarea and Jerusalem, destroying its churches, massacring its Christian population, and taking the True Cross and other relics as trophies. [206] The Roman emperor Heraclius made a successful counter-offensive and by 627/8 he was advancing into the Persian heartland. The Persians sued for ...
Plan Dalet, Master Plan for the Conquest of Palestine. Middle East Forum, November 1961. Lewis, Bernard (1997) [First published 1995]. The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-83280-7. Lockman, Zachary (1996). Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906–1948.
The Western Wall is one of the holiest of Jewish sites, as it is a remnant of the ancient Second Temple compound destroyed in 70 CE. [9] [10] The Jews, through the practice of centuries, had established a right of access to the Western Wall for the purposes of their devotions.