British mandate
My Word: Still bringing them home - opinion
The remains and personal effects of IDF Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz had been located and would be buried in Israel – 44 years after he disappeared in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
The blast that still echoes: The King David Hotel bombing, 80 years on
How Ze'ev Jabotinsky shaped Israel's Right and liberal democracy - opinion
Macy’s magnate Nathan Straus used his fortune to combat disease in New York and Mandatory Palestine
Grand Mufti, leaders in photo with Nazi officials at concentration camp
Husseini and Adolf Hitler met in Berlin on November 28, 1941 and discussed their alliance and mutual desire to rid both Europe and the Middle East of Jews.
Mallard ducks to make their once-a-year appearance by spring
The Sergeant's Grove, where the ducks appear, is named as such to commemorate the kidnapping and killing of two British sergeants by the Irgun in July 1947.
‘Winston’s hiccup’ and the Jewish homeland
Churchill’s drinking habits were usually incidental to his political activities, although an exception to this is contained in a bizarre story concerning events in the Middle East about 100 years ago
Hashish in Israel: Jewish pirates, stuffed camels and ‘Reefer Madness’
A new book chronicles the rollicking social history of hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel.
Should Jews celebrate Balfour Day?
The declaration was the culmination during WWI of a year of continuous negotiations between the Zionist movement and the British government.
Grandma’s lens: A visit to the Holy Land in 1935
It was called Palestine then; it was after the signing of the Balfour Declaration but before the days of World War II.
A tour of Acre's attractions and hidden gems
A tour of the former British (and Ottoman) prison, located at the top of the 12th-century Crusader fortress complex was a great way to start the trip of the ancient city of Acre.
Brit Shalom and Peter Beinart - analyzing Jewish-Palestinian land solution
Arguments for a binational “solution” are a century old – and they collapsed under the weight of Jewish blood and Arab intransigence.
West Bank land registry essential to conflict is hand-written
Scanning project has begun
Water cooling tower at Haifa oil refinery collapses
The tower, part of a set of two, was built during the British Mandate, and posed as one of most notable icons of the city.