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Know Your History: James Bryce’s Impressions Of Palestine (National...
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. In March 1915, National Geographic featured an article by James Bryce, former British Ambassador to the...
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Know Your History: Eyewitness To The Six Day War (National Geographic, Dec 1967)
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. Charles Harbutt was an American photojournalist who died last year. He was in Israel during the Six Day War,...
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Know Your History: The Meaning Of UN Resolution 242 (NY Times July 23, 1970)
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. UN Resolution 242 is oft cited as the basis for requring Israel’s complete withdrawal from territories...
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Know Your History: Jewish Revival Of ‘Palestine’ (National Geographic, Dec 1938)
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. In December 1938, before WWII and the establishment of the modern state of Israel, National Geographic ran a...
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Know Your History: Nazi-Arab Collaboration In Palestine, 1930s
A series where I bring to you news from the newspaper archives and historical documents to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. Co-operation between the Zionists and Nazis made...
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Know Your History: Israeli Arab Rustum Bastuni Advocates For Israel To Hold...
A series where I look at old news articles and use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. In the February 01, 1968 edition of The Sentinel, Israeli Arab Rustum Bastuni...
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Know Your History: Jerusalem In 1830 (Travels in Palestine and Syria, George...
A series where I bring to you news from the newspaper archives and historical documents to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. A man named George Robinson (of whom I have not...
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Know Your History: Past UNESCO Shenanigans
A series where I bring to you news from the newspaper archives and historical documents to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. Today, the anti-Israel UNESCO resolution –...
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Know Your History: The Jewish And Arab Populations In The Holy Land (NY Times...
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. On May 16th, 1948 – two days after Ben Gurion declared the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel – the...
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Know Your History: Arabs Of Palestine – Thoughts On Living With Jews (NY...
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. The March 19, 1947 edition of the New York Times contains a report by Clifton Daniel (who would later be the...
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Know Your History: Ramallah – Three Years After The Six Day War (NY Times May...
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. On May 17th, 1970, the New York Times published an extensive piece on Ramallah, looking at Ramallah and its...
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Know Your History: Jerusalem, Right After The Six Day War (NY Times July 30,...
A series where I use history to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. The Six Day War ended on June 10th, 1967 and less than to months later, the New York Times wrote a piece...
View ArticleKnow Your History: The Jewish And Arab Reactions To The Partition Plan...
A series where I bring to you news from the archives and historical documents to debunk common misconceptions about the Middle East conflict. Want to know why the palestinian Arabs do not have a state?...
View ArticleKnow Your History: Jews Transforming The Land (NY Times, 1890-1912)
More illuminating reports from the New York Times back in the day
View ArticleKnow Your History: Muslim Snipers From Temple Mount (NY Times Oct 20, 1938)
From almost 80 years ago
View ArticleKnow Your History: Restriction on Access to Jerusalem Holy Site & Subsequent...
Some more historical context you need to know about
View ArticleKnow Your History: ‘Same Arab Race’ in Syria and Palestine (NY Times Sept 1,...
More proof there was no separate “palestinian” identity, and that the Arabs in the area considered themselves part of Syria.
View ArticleKnow Your History: The ‘Palestinian Refugees’ (NY Times May 19, 1957)
A revealing and important read
View ArticleThe New York Times Has Truly Hit a Wall
There was a time the New York Times would never have dreamed of writing something like this
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