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Monthly Archives: June 2013
The day I thought I discovered a ‘price tag’ attack in the 30s
On Tuesday morning, racist graffiti and slashed tyres were discovered at the town of Abu Gosh near Jerusalem. The graffiti, daubed across the wall of a building overnight, read “Arabs out” and “racism or assimilation.” Police suspected this was the … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Middle East, Newspapers, Uncategorized, Zionism
Tagged Haredim, History, Israel, Jerusalem, Kofer Hayishuv, Mandate Palestine, newspapers, Palestine, Price Tag, Revisionists, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Zionism, Zionists
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75 years ago, a suicide on Rothschild Boulevard
Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard is a street with many stories. At number 16, Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared the new state on May 14, 1948, and Israel’s Declaration of Independence was signed there. Only a few years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Newspapers, Tel Aviv
Tagged 1930s, Davar, History, Israel, Jews, Mandate Palestine, Palestine, Tel Aviv
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Israel’s policy of demolishing homes and its roots in the British Mandate
Over the past few weeks, Israel reportedly demolished a number of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, as well as Bedouin homes in the Negev.
Posted in Newspapers, Palestine Post
Tagged 1930s, Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, Filastin, History, Home demolition, Israel, Israeli law, Mandate Palestine, Negev, newspapers, Palestine, Palestine Post, West Bank
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