This was problematic because in 1916, the British had secretly made a deal with the French according to which after the war, the Arab territories would be divided and Palestine would be in control of the British. Moreover, the British had also promised the ruler of Mecca, Sharief Hussain, ...
For Prelims: Israel, Palestine, Middle-East, Arab World, Yom-Kippur War, Zionism, Al-Aqsa, Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Mains: Impact of Israel-Palestine Conflict, Ethical Basis for War and Peace and Related issues...
An almost exclusive Jewish team of principal officials handled the Arab-Israel peace process negotiations since the 1980s: Dennis Ross, Aaron Miller, Daniel Kurtzer and Richard Haas. In light of the discussion, the author presented the four principal reasons of the U.S. for the Gulf war. ...
The partition of Palestine, approved by the UN in November 1947, precipitated the events that had been unfolding for some time. Long before, Theodor Herzl had outlined the foundations of Zionism and the future Jewish state. The British Foreign Secretary, Arthur James Balfour, had expressed to Ba...
It is well known that the British Empire for geopolitical reasons facilitated the formation of a Zionist entity in historic Palestine in the early 20th century. After World War II, the United States owing to domestic politics became the main patron of the newly established state of Israel. Thus...
Make no mistake: Geopolitical volatility is one hell of a driver of crude oil. However, the reasons why aren’t as straightforward. Here’s what you need to know…
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdullahian on Thursday begins a "tour" of the Middle East that includes Lebanon "in light of the current events in Palestine," Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amanisaid in a Google-translated poston X, formerly known as Twitter. ...
Below is Coates’s new the book of essays; click on it to go to the Amazon site. I read only the last (but most talked-about) essay, “The Gigantic Dream,” 117 pages long. If you know anything about the situation in Israel and Palestine, and the history thereof, you will spot im...
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters, including students from Columbia University, City University of New York and more than a dozen other New York universities, walked out of class to march through the streets on Monday, the first anniversary of the Palestine-Israel conflict, triggered by the...
This then must have serious impact on the very concept of theIndia-Middle East-Europe Corridoras the participating Muslim countries have condemned the State of Israel for having waged a fatal war against the Muslim Palestine State. The Corridor touches Israel and then proceeds towards Europe. ...