The Partition of Ireland The partition of Ireland was caused by the Irish debate over whether to remain a part of the United Kingdom. In 1920, in response to Irish violence against Britain, the British Government divided Ireland into two parts- the Irish Free State (with a mainly Roman Catholic population) and Northern Ireland (Protestant). […]
To the British Soldier in Palestine, Irgun Poster. Time is Running Out…Advertisement sponsored by American Christian Palestine Committee in Support of Partition. The Arab War Effort, American Christian Palestine Committee, New York 1947. Click here for a description of this source. British Decision to Abandon the Mandate, Feb. 18, 1947. Reply to the Government of […]
Public Hearings Before Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry – Mar. 11th 1946. Azzam Pasha, Secretary of the League of Arab States, to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Mar. 1946. Mufti of Jerusalem to a Cairo Correspondent of the London Times, Aug. 1946. Immigration into Palestine – Statement by President Truman, Oct. 4, 1946. Reports of […]
Primary sources Attitude of American Government Toward Palestine- Letter from President Roosevelt to King Ibn Saud, Apr. 5, 1945. Newspaper articles Ibn Saud on the War-Path, The Palestine Bulletin, Sep. 26, 1929. Life Visits Arabia, Life Magazine, May 31, 1943. Ibn Saud Says He’ll Protect Americans, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 19, 1947 Ibn […]
Ibn Saud was the first monarch and founder of Saudi Arabia, the third Saudi State. He opposed the Jewish claim to Palestine and fought against Israel.
Yitzhak Sadeh (right) was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel. He was born Isaac Landsberg in Lublin in 1890 and died in Tel Aviv in 1952.
In the background- Yeshivat Porat Yosef.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel, presents a Torah to President Truman during a visit to the White House.
