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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 ...
A Jewish bus equipped with wire screens to protect passengers against rocks and grenades thrown by Arab insurgents. Jews evacuate the Old City of Jerusalem after Arab riots in 1936. British soldiers of the Coldstream Guards "cleansing" Jerusalem of Arabs participating in the revolt, 1938. Military law allowed swift prison sentences to be passed ...
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.
On 19 April, rumors spread in the Arab community that "many Arabs had been killed by Jews", and Arabs began to attack Jews in the streets of Jaffa. [6] [12] An Arab mob marched on the Jewish-owned Anglo-Palestine Bank. Members of the Palestine Police Force guarding the bank defended themselves by firing into the mob, killing two of the rioters ...
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 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.
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 ...
Satellite image of the Palestine region from 2003. The timeline of the Palestine region is a timeline of major events in the history of Palestine. For more details on the history of Palestine see History of Palestine. In cases where the year or month is uncertain, it is marked with a slash, for example 636/7 and January/February.