British saw 1948 Jewish fighters as 'like those of Nazi Germany'
The High Commissioner of Palestine viewed the behaviour of Jewish fighters as comparable to that of the Nazis, according to an intelligence report issued two weeks before statehood was declared.On...
View ArticleSecret documents reveal plans for 'British Haganah' in Palestine as Mandate...
British men and women living in Jerusalem during the last days of the Mandate period planned to establish a "British Haganah" to protect themselves.In a series of secret documents from the colonial...
View ArticleArabs in 1943 'obsessed with Zionism' said secret British report into...
Anti-Zionism, suspicion of US imperialism and Allied loyalties were key concerns for the Arab world five years before the state of Israel was declared, according to a report commissioned by British...
View ArticleBritish warned of 'bitterness' over handling of the Exodus ship
The High Commissioner to Palestine warned officials in London that the "bitterness evoked" by events on board the SS Exodus in 1947 should not be underestimated.The extent of the damage to relations...
View ArticleIsraeli independence 65 years ago today
Sixty five years ago today, on May 14 1948 at 4pm, a day before the British Mandate in Palestine was due to expire, a Jewish state was established in Israel.David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment...
View ArticleTruman show’s real star
As ome of my best friends are Jews. It is a boast so thin and irrelevant that it has become an in-joke. So it was a surprise to discover, when reading the other day, that one of the most important and...
View ArticleForeign Office fears for Palestine prompted by intercepted Ben-Gurion papers
Foreign Office hopes that a resolution to the situation in Palestine could be delayed until after the war were shattered in 1941 after they intercepted the private papers of David Ben-Gurion detailing...
View ArticleSun set to shine on Israel parade
If the Met Office is to be believed, it will not be raining on the Closer to Israel parade in central London on Sunday.British Jewry’s biggest solidarity event with Israel for five years, in...
View ArticleCloser to Israel 2013
Footage from the Closer to Israel parade on June 2 2013, which finished in Trafalgar Square. Thousands of supporters gathered at the event, held to mark the Jewish state's 65th birthday.
View ArticleZionist history's murder mystery
Eighty years ago this coming Sunday, Haim Arlosoroff was gunned down during a Friday-night walk with his wife on the Tel Aviv beach. He was 34 and a rising star in the Zionist firmament. He was a...
View ArticleWhen history is in a sorry state
On June 25, Dr James Renton, a history lecturer, delivered a lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies on the subject of the Balfour Declaration. Hosted by Jews for Justice for...
View ArticleIsraeli? There’s no such nationality
Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a petition by a group of Israelis who requested that their nationality clause in the national population records be changed from “Jewish” to “Israeli.” The judges...
View ArticleBalfour's visit to pre-state Israel seen for first time
Rare footage of Lord Balfour’s 1925 visit to pre-state Israel has been officially released for the first time. Israeli film researcher, Yaakov Gross, discovered the clips in his collection, and made...
View ArticleWatch: Balfour 1925 pre-state Israel visit
Rare footage of Lord Balfour’s 1925 visit to pre-state Israel released in several parts on YouTube for the first time.
View ArticleSeries of events will mark exodus of Jews from Arab countries
Plans have been announced for a week-long series of events next year to mark the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Jews from Arab countries during the 20th century.The centre-piece will be a...
View ArticleAvraham Stern's violent life and death
Most people with a passing knowledge of the history of the dying days of the British Mandate in Palestine will have heard of the Stern Gang, or Stern Group as it became more formally known. But few are...
View ArticleWhy I'm sure that Charles will be a King for the Jews
Princes have visited Israel in a personal capacity and UK prime ministers have made state visits. But a British monarch has never made an official visit to Israel. Yet according to the author of a new...
View Article'We have to solve our problems' says Israeli president Rivlin
Israeli president Reuven Rivlin said he could not live in a Jewish state if it were not democratic ahead of his first Independence Day as head of state.In an interview with English-speaking media, he...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn clarifies Balfour Declaration remark after hustings confusion
Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has ended confusion over remarks he made during a hustings event with the Jewish community. He appeared alongside fellow MPs Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and...
View ArticleWeidenfeld's year with Weizmann
George Weidenfeld once remarked to me: “While a Zionist has a built-in pride of where he belongs, he doesn’t mind if he doesn’t belong elsewhere. A non-Zionist feels that doors are locked to him...
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