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IsraelPalestine For Critical Thinkers: #13 Accord and Discord*

IsraelPalestine For Critical Thinkers: #13 Accord and Discord In this episode of Israel-Palestine For Critical Thinkers, Richard Bass discusses the events leading up to the First Intifada, as well as ...

Arial view of the Old City of Acre *

Old City of Acre Aerial view of the Old City of Acre is amazing! Acre Attractions put this historic port-city in the northern part of Israel on the World Heritage ...

Arab Countries post-World War II *

The Arab Cold War was a period of political rivalry in the Arab world that occurred as part of the broader Cold War between, approximately, the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 that brought President Gamal Abdel Nasser to power in that ...

Creation of Israel *

The creation of a homeland for the Jewish people is an idea rooted in Jewish culture and religion. In the early 19th century, the Napoleonic Wars led to the idea of Jewish emancipation. View ...

Yom Kippur War 1973 – Golan Heights Front *

The Yom Kippur War was fought from 6 to 25 October, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan, with some fighting in ...

Yom Kippur War 1973 – Sinai Front *

In the Yom Kippur War of 1973, also known as the Ramadan War or October War, the Sinai was once again the arena of conflict between Israel and Egypt. The IDF was ...

First Arab-Israeli War 1947-49*

Palestine War 1947-1948 The Israeli War of Independence had two main phases. The first phase is the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine. First Arab-Israeli War (Second Phase) 1948-49 Following the ...

Lilya Litvak – Lydia Litvyak The White Rose of Stalingrad*

Lidya Litvak (Lydia Litvyak) Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak – Лидия Владимировна Литвяк, also known as Lilya, was a Jewish fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians’ ...

Jerusalem 1905 to 1920 *

Jerusalem 1905 to 1920 Songs – Jerusalem 1905 to 1920 Concerto in G major: II. Adagio Seconde Leçon à deux voix Charpentier : Troisième leçon de ténèbres du Jeudi Saint H136 Adio ...

Axion Estin in Jerusalem Street Scenes – Nov 1929 ***

Axion Estin in Jerusalem Street Scenes – November, 1929 This “Axion Estin” clip a small part of perhaps the earliest sound footage of Jerusalem street scenes filmed from November 9-19, 1929 by Movietone. Unfortunately the complete video ...