How the bold, hopeful visions of self-determination in Britain’s eastern colonies curdled into a more militant nationalism by the end of the second world war.

The King David Hotel in Jerusalem, a symbol of Israel's history, from British Mandate to modern conflicts, and peace efforts.

On Sept. 3, 1947, UNSCOP proposed a Plan of Partition of Palestine into two independent states — one Jewish and one Arab — with Jerusalem placed under the control of a “special international ...

Unlike in the story of the Megillah and during the Holocaust, Jews are presently defending their homeland, the country that ...

Using guest speakers, this video clip discusses the background and impact of the UN Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947. This clip is part of a series which can be treated as historical sources ...

Williams Professor of Government, last night assailed "red-fascism" as the menace to be watched in both the Marshall Plan and the Palestine partition program. He addressed a gathering of 200 at an ...

In the midst of its rejoicing following United Nations approval of Palestine partition, the University Zionist Society announced last night that it had "adapted" Le Havot he Bashan, an ...

The partition proposal was originally made by the Palestine Royal Commission, headed by the late lord Peel, after a three-month survey of the situation in the Holy Land in 1936 following a six ...

Palestine is an Arab country ... The Jews accepted this Partition plan; I suppose because they felt they had to. They were outnumbered about two to one inside the country, and there were the ...

Count Bernadotte's presence in Palestine followed the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine and the subsequent unilateral Israeli Declaration of Independence. In this capacity, he succeeded ...