by hadassah | Jul 17, 2008 | Palestine During World War II, Returning and Redemption
President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board the USS Quincy (CA-71) meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia in the Great Bitter Lake, Egypt, on February 14, 1945. The King is speaking to the interpreter, Colonel William A. Eddy, USMC. Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN,...
by hadassah | Jul 17, 2008 | Palestine During World War II, Returning and Redemption, Towards Statehood
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...
by hadassah | Jul 17, 2008 | Palestine During World War II, Returning and Redemption, Towards Statehood
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.
by hadassah | Jul 16, 2008 | Palestine During World War II, Returning and Redemption
Hannah Senesh (Hebrew- חנה סנש) (July 17, 1921 – November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews living in Palestine who were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary, who...
by hadassah | Jun 3, 2008 | Palestine During World War II, Returning and Redemption
While this unfortunate term, which refers to the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jewish people, is manifest in a variety of documents, we have chosen several that reflect the essential evil of the Nazi plan of genocide. Each time you read these words, they get worse as...
by hadassah | Apr 16, 2008 | Palestine During World War II, Returning and Redemption
Click here for more on The Mufti of Jerusalem and Yasser Arafat.
