How Persecution, Survival, and Identity Can Shape the Choices of Entire Nations Few political movements have generated as much admiration, criticism, and misunderstanding as Zionism. To some, it represents the liberation of a people who endured centuries of persecution and ultimately survived one of history’s greatest atrocities. To others, it represents a settler-colonial movement that...
Examining the Evidence, the History, and the Psychology Behind One of Humanity’s Deepest Divisions There are few subjects that generate as much certainty, grief, anger, and division as Israel and Palestine. Entire conversations often end before they begin because people assume that understanding one side requires rejecting the humanity of the other. Labels quickly replace curiosity...
A Historical Report on Origins, Society, Displacement and Culture Palestine is a historic region of the eastern Mediterranean that has been inhabited, governed and culturally transformed by many peoples over thousands of years. Its history includes ancient Canaanite communities; the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine rule; centuries of Islamic...
The Rothschild Family’s Documented Role in Palestine and the Creation of Israel Executive summary The Balfour Declaration was an official statement of British government policy issued on November 2, 1917. It took the form of a short letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild. Balfour signed and transmitted the final letter, but he...
