After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the League of Nations entrusted Britain with the mandate to govern Palestine. During this period, Palestine was characterised by a Jewish ...

Historically, the study of Palestine to-day is not unduly difficult. The war gave to both Arab and ... of all Arab Provinces within the then Ottoman Empire. Again, after the final overthrow ...

Gelvin's award-winning account of the conflict between Israel and Palestine offers a compelling, accessible and current introduction for students and general readers. The book traces the struggle from ...

Soldiers’ Tales: Two Palestinian Jewish Soldiers in the Ottoman Army During the First World War, was originally written in Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, and then translated into Hebrew. Abramson edited ...

Britain's control of Palestine began during World War One when its imperial forces drove out Ottoman Turkish troops. In 1917, Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour pledged to the Zionist movement to ...

“The war in Gaza broke all existing rules of ... [1] Gudrun Krämer, A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State of Israel (Princeton University Press 2011 ...

As the conflict over the Gaza Strip continues ... the majority of people living in the land known as Palestine for centuries ...