British mandate

The story of the Katina is one that has seldom been told before.

The 81 mm. shell was packed with 500 grams of explosives and was safely diffused by police sappers, who arrived at the scene after being alerted by a father and son out walking.

Despite all the ups and downs and disappointments of the political situation in Israel, it is effaced by the imprint from this time, and makes me feel that I fought for Jerusalem and will die here.

On July 7, 1937, 84 years ago, the report of the Palestine Royal Commission, also referred to as the Peel Commission, was submitted to Parliament.

Why did UK stay in the game despite challenges, and how did Zionists manage?

Beersheba was the opening battle in the Palestine Campaign of World War I, a battle won by Australian and New Zealand horsemen. 

Hundreds of glass alcohol bottles from a World War I British army camp were uncovered in an archeological dig near Ramle, suggesting that the British soldiers loved their booze.

In a world of nation-states, names are very important and those responsible for choosing the name Israel for the world’s newest state in May 1948 knew what they were doing. 

Ever since the November 1928 White Paper, the blowing of the shofar, the ram’s horn, among other customs, had been prohibited at the Western Wall — Much to the chagrin of the Irgun.