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- Impressions of Palestine, 1 April 1946: Pessimist Perspectives
- Should Britain recognise a sovereign Palestine now? Event report
- What is the UK’s role in Israel – Palestine today?
- Is There a Plausible Alternative to The Two-State Solution? By Tony Klug
- Book Review – ‘Britain’s Pacification of Palestine: The British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936–9’ by Matthew Hughes
- Britain’s historic responsibility to the people of Palestine, Gaza and Israel
- Britain needs to recognise Palestine as an independent state
- The U.S. Recognition of Israel, 14 May 1948. Part III: ‘A Near-Run Thing’
- The U.S. Recognition of Israel, 14 May 1948. Part II: Truman’s Belated Support
- The U.S. Recognition of Israel, 14 May 1948. Part I: Roosevelt, Truman, Marshall: A Sequence of Contingencies
- Gaza, one year on
- Towards an independent Palestinian state: a Scottish call to action
- ‘The news from Gaza: dispelling myths and telling the truth’
- Conferences in Glasgow and Edinburgh
- Persecution to relieve persecution
- Palestine 1948: Britain Surrenders to Terror
- Palestine and Britain: forgotten legacy of World War I that devastated the Middle East
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- Swedish recognition of Palestine: politics, law, and prospects for peace
- Times letter, 13 September – The Oslo Accords, 25 years on: time to recognise the state of Palestine alongside Israel
- “Enemies and Neighbours” Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, by Ian Black 1917-2017
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Category Archives: 19th Century pre 1881
“The Jewish Question” in 19th century Europe
Ian Portman Abstract Faced with increasing antisemitism in Europe towards the end of the 19th century, many Jews chose to join the great waves of European emigration to the United States. Since the high middle ages, most of the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1881-1915, 1915-20, 19th Century pre 1881, Articles, Balfour, Christian Zionism, Evangelicals, History
Tagged 1915, 1917, 19th Century, Balfour, Dreyfus, Evangelicals, Hechler, Herzl, Jew, pogroms, restorationism, Shaftesbury, Zionism
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Evangelicals, the Balfour Declaration and Zionism
By Roger Spooner When talking about the Balfour Declaration with a pastor from Bethlehem, he commented,’ the problems of the Palestinians didn’t start in 1917, they started in 1840′. Literal reading of the Bible which had developed in the 17th … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century pre 1881, Articles, Balfour, Christian Zionism, Evangelicals, Perspectives
Tagged 1840, 19th Century, Balfour, Balfour Declaration, Evangelicals, Lloyd George, restorationism, Shaftesbury, Zionism
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The Balfour Declaration – Key players and events by Mary Grey
Introduction – what motivated the Balfour Declaration? (Powerpoint of Key Players) There is still conflict as to which motive for the Balfour Declaration is stronger – there are at least three motives, and some may interlock: 1. According to Avi … Continue reading
Posted in 1881-1915, 1915-20, 1921-23, 19th Century pre 1881, Balfour, Britain in Palestine, Papers, conferences, History
Tagged 1915, 19th Century, Asquith, Balfour Declaration, Herzl, Lloyd George, Lord Curzon, McMahon, Montagu, Samuel, Shaftesbury, Sherif Hussein, Sykes, Weizmann
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“Perfidious Albion” The British Legacy in Palestine, by Ilan Pappe
Professor Ilan Pappé’s paper at the Balfour Project conference in October 2013, was entitled “Perfidious Albion” The British Legacy in Palestine. Many participants thought it was very inspiring. He revealed that British involvement in the Middle East and Palestine specifically … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century pre 1881, Balfour, conferences, Healing the Wounds of History
Tagged 19th Century, Christian Zionism, Crusades, Empress Helena, Middle East, millenarianism, Palestine, restorationism, Shaftesbury, Sykes
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Preparing the Ground for Balfour – the contribution of Shaftesbury, by Mary Grey
Anthony Ashley – Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, 1801-1885. [1] After a lonely, loveless childhood, when, like many earlier members of the British aristocracy, the only affection the growing child received came from his nanny, Shaftesbury was elected as … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century pre 1881, Biographies, Christian Zionism, History
Tagged 19th Century, Christian Zionism, Jew, London Jews Society, Palestine, Palestine Restortion Fund, Palmerston, restorationism
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