November 30, 1947 Three-day general strike
November 30, 1947 Arab Murder, Mayhem, and Massacre The Arab Higher Committee declared a three-day general strike.
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1949 Palestinian Refugees
Khaled al-Azam, Syrian Prime Minister “We brought destruction upon the refugees, by calling on them to leave their homes.”
September 12th, 1956 Terrorists attack by Ein Ofarim
Terrorists killed three Druze guards at Ein Ofarim Source: “Which Came First – Terrorism or ‘Occupation?’ Major Arab Terrorist Attacks Against Israelis Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War.” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. www.mfa.gove.il/mfa, March 31, 2002
September 24, 1993 Terror victim near the village of Basra
Yigal Vaknin was stabbed to death in an orchard near the trailer home where he lived near the village of Basra. A squad of the HAMAS’s Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responsibility for the attack. Source:41
January 22, 1995 Terror victims at Beit Lid by Netanya
Two consecutive bombs exploded at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya, killing 20 soldiers and one civilian. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The soldiers killed were: Lt. David Ben-Zino, 20, of Ashdod; Lt. Adi Rosen, 20, of Moshav Bitzaron; Lt. Yuval Tuvya, 22, of Jerusalem; Sgt.-Maj. Anan Kadur, 24, of Daliat al-Carmel; Staff-Sgt. […]
March 21, 1997 Terror victims in Tel Aviv
Michal Avrahami, 32, Yael Gilad, 32, and Anat Winter-Rosen, 32, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb on the terrace of a Tel Aviv cafe. 48 people were wounded.
August 2000, Yasser Arafat
2000 Chairman Yasser Arafat In 2000, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat turned down President Bill Clinton’s offer of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in east Jerusalem and an opening offer of $23 billion in aid. Ever since then it has been clear that there is no diplomatic solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Arafat’s renewal […]
October 12, 2000 Arab Blast Kills U.S. Sailors in Yemen
The Cole, an American Navy destroyer refueling in Yemen, was rocked by an enormous explosion on Thursday, and President Clinton said it appeared to be a terrorist attack. At least 6 American sailors died and 11 others were missing and presumed dead, officials said. Nearly three dozen others were injured, some of them severely. The […]
State of Israel
Primary Sources June 30, 1920 Headquarters: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (South) Jerusalem Secondary Source 1835 Zionism Letter from Thomas Jefferson July 1877 American Antisemitism The Celebrated Seligman-Hilton Affair 1884 Village of Salmon 1890 The Word Zionism Nathan Birnbaum 1915 Zion Mule Corp April 13, 1915 The De Bunsen Committee January 30, 1916 McMahon – Hussein […]
May 638 Caliph Umar (Omar)
Mount of Olives, Christians, Jizyah Expulsion of Christians When he came within sight of the Holy City, ‘Omar exclaimed: “Ullah Acher (God is great). O God give us an easy conquest.” He then pitched his tent on the Mount of Olives and awaited response to his terms which read: “In the name of God, merciful […]