by hadassah | Dec 15, 2024 | British Mandate of Palestine
July 11, 1947 THE SHIP EXODUS July 11, 1947 British Restriction of Jewish Immigration See Movie “Exodus” Exodus was a ship carrying 4,515 Holocaust survivors, that left France on July 11, 1947 with the intent of taking its passengers to Palestine. Most of the...
by hadassah | Sep 6, 2017 | British Mandate of Palestine
1903 Uganda Project Uganda Project- Joseph Chamberlain offered the Jews 5,000 square of the Mau Mau Plateau in what is today Kenya. The proposal was declined by the Zionist Congress in 1905. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this...
by hadassah | Sep 3, 2017 | British Mandate of Palestine, Presence in the Land, State of Israel
1915 Zion Mule Corps In 1915 a unit of the British Army known as the Zion Mule Corps was formed in Alexandria by Egyptian refugees from Palestine, and then sent to Gallipoli to fight the Turks in WWI. A letter by General Sir Ian Hamilton to the Day, a New York...
by hadassah | Sep 3, 2017 | British Mandate of Palestine
January 30, 1916 McMahon-Hussein Correspondence The McMahon- Hussein Correspondence, was an exchange of letters (14 July 1915 to 30 January 1916) between the Sharif of Mecca, Husayn Bin Ali, and Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, concerning...
by hadassah | Sep 3, 2017 | British Mandate of Palestine, India Muslims and Oil, Presence in the Land, State of Israel
May 16, 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement The Sykes-Picot Agreement, officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement was a secret agreement between the governments of the Great Britain and France, with the assent of Russia, defining their proposed spheres of influence...
by hadassah | Sep 3, 2017 | British Mandate of Palestine
November 1, 1917 Battle of Beersheba – Prime Minister David Lloyd George November 1, 1917 Battle of Beersheba Prime Minister David Lloyd George: ‘Jerusalem was a Christmas present for the British nation.’ What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget...
