Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms
Due to the slaughter of Jews and Muslims perpetrated by the Crusaders in, and on their way to, ‘liberate the Holy Land’, the Crusaders are largely despised in Israel and […]
History
The Pilgrimage Road – Going up to Jerusalem
The Pilgrimage Road – Going up to Jerusalem
City of David The ‘City of David’ is the location of the Biblical city of Jerusalem captured by King David …
Who was Shimon Peres?
Who was Shimon Peres?
Shimon Peres was an important politician in Israel. In 1958 he started his political career. Before that, he was involved …
The UN Partition Plan
The UN Partition Plan
After World War II, the situation in British Mandatory Palestine led to a partition plan for the area. This so-called …
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complicated issues in the world. The conflict revolves around the division of …
The Bi-national state
The Bi-national state
The bi-national state is a so-called one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Contrary to the two-state solution, the entire territory …
The World Zionist Organization
The World Zionist Organization
In 1879 Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau founded the Zionist Organization (ZO). Years later, the organization changed its name to …
The Golan Heights
The Golan Heights
The Golan Heights lie on the border of Syria Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. This hilly area is originally the tribal …
The Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip
There has been a conflict concerning the Gaza Strip for years. This densely populated coastal strip lies between Egypt and …
The Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the October War, was a military conflict in the Middle East in 1973. …
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician. In the 1960s, Rabin served as commander-in-chief of the army. After this, he started …
Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial
The Holocaust refers to the systematic genocide of Jews and other population groups during World War II. Holocaust denial, also …
Anti-Jewish measures through the ages
Anti-Jewish measures through the ages
Christian antisemitism, fuelled by the Church Fathers with the so-called replacement theology, led to many anti-Jewish measures in early Europe. …
Palestinian refugees
Palestinian refugees
Palestinian refugees are those Palestinians that lived in British Mandatory Palestine, as well as their descendants. They fled the area …
The two-state solution
The two-state solution
There are several ideas about what could be the best solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One of these ideas is …
The Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords
In 1970 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords, a Middle East …
The Six-Day War
The Six-Day War
The Six-Day War began on 5 June 1967. In six days, Israel defeated its neighboring countries Jordan, Egypt, and Syria, …
The Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis
The Suez Canal, funded by Egypt and France, opened in 1869 and was of great economic value to both countries. …
