The Oslo peace accords gave Arafat and the Palestine National Authority partial control over a small piece of the territory Israel has occupied since 1967. The agreement led to Nobel Peace Prizes for Arafat and for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. But...
I Demand the Right to Live in Palestine in Equality; Naomi Kingston's Article `Our Prayers Are for Peace but Our War Is Just' Sparked a Huge Response from Readers. Here Student Mohamed Ghannam, 30, Who Started the Friends of Palestine Society in Liverpool University, Gives His Personal View...
Define bidding prayers. bidding prayers synonyms, bidding prayers pronunciation, bidding prayers translation, English dictionary definition of bidding prayers. 1. The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. 2. The prayer before the s
From wall relief, "Capitulation of Lachish in Palestine," Southwest Palace of Sennacherib, Nineveh. Larger image. "And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD... Give ear, ...
One of those generals, Seleucus, took control of the region that included Palestine, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. This became known as the Seleucid Empire. Fast forward some 130 years: a ruthless king named Antiochus Epiphanes rose to power in that empire. He did something that sent shockwaves th...
The article discusses the victory of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the 2015 parliamentary elections in Israel, focusing on the state of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Topics include the centrality of socio-economic concerns, such as housing costs, in the election; the stability of Netanyahu'...
By the late 1930s there was a desperate search for countries of refuge. Those who could obtain visas and qualify under stringent quotas emigrated to the United States. Many went to Palestine, where the small Jewish community was willing to receive refugees. Still others sought refuge in neighbor...