Archive for August, 2008
Arrowheads from Babylonian Destruction, 586 BCE
Arrowheads from Babylonian Destruction “On the seventh day of the fifth month…the chief of the guards, an officer of the king of Babylon…burned the Temple of the Lord, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem…The entire Chaldean [Babylonian] force that was with the chief of the guard tore down the walls of Jerusalem […]
Building Remains, 8th-6th century BCE
Building Remains A rich layer of finds from the latter part of the First Temple period (8th-6th centuries BCE) was recently discovered in archaeological salvage excavations in the northwestern part of the Western Wall plaza. This is actually the first time in the history of the archaeological research of Jerusalem that building remains from the […]
Netanyahu ben Yaush Seal, 8th-6th century BCE
Personal Hebrew seal made of a semi-precious stone, the two bottom strips is the name of the owner of the seal, engraved in ancient Hebrew script. It reads- לנתניהו בן יאש ([belonging] to Netanyahu ben Yaush). The two names are known in the treasury of biblical names- the name נתניהו (Netanyahu) is mentioned a number […]
The Passfield White Paper (Cmd. 3692), Oct. 1930.
United Kingdom 1 October 1930 PALESTINE Statement of Policy by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, October 1930 LONDON- PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following […]
Important Points from Christopher Catherwood, Churchill’s Folly, Carroll
Returning and Redemption The Suez Canal …with the building of the Suez Canal by France and Egypt, many decades of direct interference in the region began, culminating in Britain’s outright annexation of Egypt in 1914 when it found itself at war with the Ottoman Empire. The importance to the British of the Suez Canal cannot […]
Summary of the White Paper of 1922 (Cmd. 1700).
Click here to view Palestine Correspondence with the Palestine Arab Delegation and the Zionist Organization (Cmd. 1700) (White Paper of 1922) – June 1, 1922. Palestine Correspondence with the Palestine Arab Delegation and the Zionist Organization (Cmd. 1700) (White Paper of 1922) – June 1, 1922 In this White Paper, Palestine Arabs express their wish […]
Palestine Ho! San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 8, 1946
Returning and Redemption Europe’s Desperate Jews Head for the Holy Land As Early Yanks Went West It’s Hell Ships vs. British Radar, But Surge Goes On Just the Same; It Takes Underground and Millions By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Writer JERUSALEM, Dec. 7—“Operation Briha”—the desperate surge of Europe’s Jewish remnant toward the promised […]
Public Hearings Before Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry – Mar. 11th 1946 Part II
[31] Q. So that on that point I do see certain differences between you and Doctor Weizmann, who said “I resent them; I hate them; I will fight them.” A. There is a Hebrew saying about two prophets. I’m certainly not a prophet and cannot speak in the same style. I would put it differently. […]
International Response to Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Holocaust
Jan. 30, 1933 – Hitler Appointed Chancellor 1934 – Nazi Rally in Buckeberg 1935 -Nuremberg Laws on German Citizenship 1. A Reich citizen is a subject of the State who is of German or related blood, who proves by his conduct that he is willing and fit faithfully to serve the German people […]