Thanksgiving letters from readers Nov 27, 2008
You also realize that the history of Israel goes back further than that of America and the pilgrims. MORTON BENJAMIN, Jacksonville. (Florida Times-Union)
Even in death, suspected spy tantalizes Oct 25, 2008
He told an Egyptian newspaper in 2002 that Marwan was in fact the double agent he had earlier described, without naming him, in his own book published earlier that year about the history of Israel. That explosive story was soon translated into Hebrew and printed in the Israeli press. (MSNBC -- International)
LETTER: History of Israel has lessons for U.S. Oct 21, 2008
There is a lesson for America in the history of Israel. We are similar in so many ways. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Sharansky's mistaken identity Oct 21, 2008
Franz Rosenzweig, the great German-Jewish theologian, asserted that the history of Israel was the history of the world. Expansive as this claim may appear, it is well grounded in Rosenzweig's sociology of religion. (Asia Times Online)
Legend puts biblical Eve in Saudi Arabia Sep 11, 2008
"The problem is that these are all legends, these are all myths and we can't date them," said Dever, who specializes in the history of Israel and Near East in biblical times. "My guess is the story could go back two or three thousand years, but we don't have any archaeological proof.". (USA Today -- News)
Scandals give way to stately confusion Aug 2, 2008
" Yet for Olmert, one of the least likely prime ministers in the history of Israel, every day in office could be considered lucky. He became acting prime minister after a stroke felled Sharon in January 2006. Sharon himself was an improbable head of state. Condemned during the '80s for the massacres of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut in 1982, Sharon was deemed unfit to ever again serve as minister of defence. No one imagined he would be elected prime minister, nor... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
LETTERS: NCT, July 12, 2008 Jul 13, 2008
Chris to JSwift wrote on Jul 12, 2008 1:12 PM:Chris Pulse was just trying to point out the real history of Israel in order to counter all the myths we keep hearing over and over. That is all he is trying to do and all you can say is that Chris Pulse is forever going to be unhappy. (North County Times)
Nicolas Sarkozy heralds new era in Israel-France relations with Iran threat Jun 24, 2008
It is very moving to be here, near a person who embodies the history of Israel. To talk with you is to hear about the future and learn about history, said Mr Sarkozy. (Yahoo News -- Iran)
Letters to the editor (May 25) (57) May 25, 2008
This letter illustrates not only her woeful lack of knowledge about the history of Israel, but, as are most of her letters, this one is an example of her incessant incitement to hatred and discrimination ... The newspaper should print an unbiased history of Israel to help correct this knowledge gap and answer some important questions. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Key eventsA brief history of Israel in video, pictures and text May 11, 2008
History of Israel: Key events. Israel has experienced a tumultuous and often violent existence over its 60 years as a nation. (BBC News -- Africa)
NY's Bloomberg quits Republicans May 10, 2008
History of Israel: Key events. Iraqi army launch Mosul offensive. (Yahoo News -- Republican Party)
Defending Israel on campus goal of high-school program May 9, 2008
Approximately 25 selected students will learn the history of Israel and of modern Zionism and will hear guest speakers on current Israeli issues. They will also receive training in debate, writing letters to the editor and op-eds, and other forms of advocacy. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Israel at 60: A vibrant nation still in search of itself Apr 19, 2008
Israel's 84-year-old president, Shimon Peres, whose life has mirrored the history of Israel, says his country must do everything to strengthen the Palestinians who are willing to make a deal. "Their weakness is our weakness," he told The Associated Press in his Jerusalem office, which features his Nobel peace Prize certificate and a picture of him seated beside Israel's founding father, David Ben-Gurion. (USA Today)
* [ EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT ] Apr 11, 2008
The photo exhibition features works by two Israeli photojournalists, Paul Goldman and David Rubinger, who document the historical moments in the history of Israel as well as lives of the ordinary people and politicians. Dan Reisinger is a world-renowned Israeli artist whose works ranges from poster and stamp designs to sketches and paintings. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Speaker defends Palestine Apr 4, 2008
Finkelstein spoke about the history of Israel and Palestine and explained how the conflict came to today's situation. He said, at one time, the history was debated, but now, there is a large number of scholars who agree that in 1948, the Zionist movement attempted to conduct an ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population of Palestine. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Jerusalem Diary: 31 March Apr 1, 2008
But a new history of Israel, published last month, points to an unlikely early supporter of separate roads for Palestinians and Israelis: Yasser Arafat. A History of Modern Israel, by Colin Shindler, states that, in the wake of the Oslo agreement of the mid-1990s, "the fundamental problem of dealing with the 130,000 settlers remained unsolved "Israel was preparing to spend US $100m on a network of 20 bypasses and to improve existing roads to separate settlers from the Palestinians. (BBC News -- Africa)
Merkel tells Israelis of German 'shame'... Mar 19, 2008
Merkel tells Israelis of German 'shame' - International Herald Tribune. Merkel tells Israelis of German 'shame. (The Drudge Report)
India shoots out of Iran's orbit Feb 8, 2008
This is the biggest military contract in the history of Israel. India-Israel collaboration is not limited to arms deals. (Asia Times Online)
Birth of Jesus was a signal for peace Dec 21, 2007
In the history of Israel the voices of peace were always present, but much of the time the voices of peace were drowned out by the shouts of war. Jesus was a part of the peace movement among Israelites. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Professor resigns abruptly Nov 15, 2007
He said the main textbook in the class focuses on the history of Israel, with no counterpart book about Arab states. "We would learn about so much about Israel and specific institutions, but we learned very little about the other states, the Arab states, the Palestinian people it has to be especially at GW," said Berlin, who is Jewish. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
The Bible and history of Israel shape a life Oct 29, 2007
When he did, "the Old Testament just floored me, and the history of Israel became my history, and I became a Christian in that process. To this day, I have an abiding respect for the texts of Scripture," he said. It seems fitting, then, that Dr. Tappy's most famous discovery as a biblical archaeologist is a 38-pound limestone rock inscribed with a 2,900-year-old alphabet. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Israel: Archeology and the Propaganda War of Lies Oct 16, 2007
Tissue of Lies: Archeology and the Propaganda War Against Israel - HUMAN EVENTS. In one of those ironies of questionable scholarship, just as a battle over a Barnard scholar s book about Israeli archeology had inflamed her application for tenure, heavy equipment was tearing away at the ancient crown of Jerusalem s 36-acre Temple Mount, Judaism s holiest site. (Human Events Online)
Reconnecting with Israel Sep 16, 2007
"We teach young Jews to whitewash the history of Israel and then they see CNN and learn Israel does right and wrong, but there's no room to have that conversation in the Jewish community. That's precisely why young people are dropping out.". 1. (Los Angeles Times)
LO Christian Church to offer Bible study Jul 26, 2007
Lake Ozark Christian Church Bible study group starts a new season with the study of 'The Later History of Israel. . (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Syria may not recognize Hariri tribunal May 11, 2007
But, he cautioned, we have to be careful because in the history of Israel, weak governments are able to wage war. . (MSNBC -- International)
Syria's Assad Won't Cooperate on Hariri Tribunal May 11, 2007
But, he cautioned, "we have to be careful" because "in the history of Israel, weak governments are able to wage war.". Assad also denied direct or secret contacts with Israel and stressed the longstanding Syrian demand for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, seized by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, in return for peace. (Newsmax)
Abu-Manneh: Israel in U.S. Empire Apr 6, 2007
This may sound strange since both practices have defined the history of Israel since 1967 if not before. Yet it is not so strange if one considers that in this respect the Israeli academy merely reflects the attitudes of wider Israeli society: academic evasion mirrors popular denial and indifference. (Zmag.org)
Pappe: Israel Reconsidered Mar 19, 2007
The History of Israel Reconsidered: A Talk by Ilan Pappe ... The following is a transcript of his lecture, tentatively titled "The History of Israel Reconsidered" by organizers of the event. (Zmag.org)
Martillo: The AJC Attack Feb 14, 2007
Rosner does not evenaddress the issue that many Carter supporters are Jewish and that many prominent American and Israeli Jews have criticizedthe former presidentfor whitewashing the history of Israel and for an overly generous appraisal both of Zionism and also of the conditionsunder whichIsraeli Palestinian citizens live,but David Harris, who is the executive director of theAmerican Jewish Committee (AJC)specifically confronts such Jewish critics of Zionism inhis preface... (Zmag.org)
Lendman: Reviewing Pappe Feb 8, 2007
Pappe is also one of Israel's "new historians" whose scholarship and writings are based on access to material now available from British Mandate period and Israeli archives that provide the most accurate and authentic documented history of Israel before and after it became a state and which now serve to debunk the myths about the years leading up to the Jewish State's founding and those following it to this day. . (Zmag.org)
Oversimplifying History Feb 6, 2007
By simplifying the history of Israel to such a degree, he essentially does teach his students falsehoods. For example, in 70 A.D., the Romans did not merely give the land of Israel to the. (Suite101.com)
