British mandate

The UK recognizing Palestine opens the door to lawsuits over crimes during the Mandate - opinion

The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister has called for a formal apology and massive financial compensation.

UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer
Guests holding a sign and a Palestinian flag pose on the red carpet for the premiere of the film "Palestine 36" as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 50th edition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 5, 2025.

At Toronto film festival, 'Palestine 36' tackles the past, echoes in the present

An UNRWA photo of Palestinians having an open-air school in Jericho after what they have dubbed the Nakba.

Britain created the first wave of Arab refugees from Palestine

Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes (left) and François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (Illustrative).

The return of Sykes-Picot: Misunderstandings of historical Palestine plans - opinion


A pioneering rabbi

Menasseh ben Israel was a writer, intellectual and advocate for British Jewry in the 17th century.

AN ETCHING of Menasseh ben Israel made by Rembrandt in 1636

Newly-discovered 1945 letter reveals how Tel Aviv survived a British siege

An anonymous letter, recently discovered in the National Library archives, offers a glimpse into a time of crisis when the residents of Tel Aviv were prisoners in their own homes.

British soldiers enforcing a curfew in Tel Aviv during the 1940s (Haim Fein at the Emanuel Harussi Photograph Collection)

British milestones in Holy Land set traditional foundation for royal visit

William's visit is at the behest of the British government.

A church official gestures as he stands next to the entrance to the Anglican St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem, June 13, 2018

LONDON IN JERUSALEM

With tea at the tower and cocktails in the citadel, the Tower of David Museum explores culture in the city during 1918-1948.

Edna and Muli Azrieli visit the reconstruction of their famous Fink’s bar in Jerusalem

A Hagana fighter's recollections of the 'Night of the Bridges'

90-year-old Chanan Rapaport recalls his days as a fighter in the pre-state era.

Chanan Rapaport in his Haganah days (left) and today (right).

Is it time now for the ‘Arab Mandate’ for Palestine?

The British Mandate ended in 1947. Then the UN passed the Partition Plan

JEWS CROWD onto a British army armored car as they celebrate in downtown Jerusalem the morning after the United Nations voted to partition British mandate Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state.

U.S. Embassy relocation possible within a year, experts say

VP Pence likely to discuss embassy move during visit.

Friends of Zion welcome US Vice President Mike Pence

Arrival: More than a job – a mission

When he finished medical school, Wilbur earned rabbinic ordination at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

DR. TZVI WILBUR

MY WORD:Down memory lane with Allenby

Jerusalem went to town commemorating the centennial of Gen. Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby’s entrance into the Holy City on December 11, 1917, marking the end of 400 years of Ottoman rule there.

THE CURRENT Lord Allenby and his mother, Sara Viscountess Allenby, pose for a photo with actors at the reenactment of Allenby’s entrance into the Old City of Jerusalem, along with John Benson and his wife, Christina, in the back row.

Israeli ambassador's recent book changes the perspective of the Holocaust

Itzchak Mayer says that one of the things hindering the Jewish people is the tendency to allow themselves to be seen as victims, both among themselves and by gentiles.

Ambassador Itzchak Mayer