History of Modern Israel

Hi everyone — in this episode, we return to Mandatory Palestine in the 1920s, a decade when British officials tried to govern between incompatible promises, Jewish immigration grew under the pressure of persecution and closed borders, and Arab opposition to Zionism hardened.

— Roman

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This episode includes the following: continuing to explore the development of the Jewish community in Palestine, the impact of World War I as the British took over, the beginnings of the Arab National Movement, and the issuance of the Balfour Declaration.

Sources:

* “1920 Nebi Musa riots.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Nebi_Musa_riots

* Aouni Bey Abdul Hadi. “The Balfour Declaration.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 164, 1932, pp. 12–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1018952. Accessed 26 July 2024.

* “Balfour Declaration 1917.” Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library, https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/balfour.asp

* “Israel 100 years After the Balfour Declaration.” The 92nd Street Y, New York,

* Khalidi, Rashid. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017. United States, Henry Holt and Company, 2020.

* Sachar, Howard M.. A history of Israel : from the rise of Zionism to our time. United Kingdom, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.

* Zimbalist, Efrem, et al. Hatikva. 1918. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-30183/>.

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Sources:

* Cowen Report – European Investigation Entry No. 9; 1906 – 1907; File No. 51411/056; Subject and Policy Files, 1893 – 1957; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives Building, Washington, DC.

* Khalidi, Rashid. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017. United States, Henry Holt and Company, 2020.

* Sachar, Howard M.. A history of Israel : from the rise of Zionism to our time. United Kingdom, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.

* Zimbalist, Efrem, et al. Hatikva. 1918. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-30183/>.

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Sources:

* Herzl, Theodor. Complete Diaries. United Kingdom, Herzl Press, 1960.

* Herzl, Theodor. The Jewish State. United States, Dover Publications, 2012.

* Zimbalist, Efrem, et al. Hatikva. 1918. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-30183/>.

* "Zion." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion

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