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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... [read more]
Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... [read more] Blog: Charming Nablus and Bethlehem
Date: December 24th 2011
Yes, it’s Christmas Eve and I’m posting a blog while sitting in my room in Ramallah. But I have fairly good reasons for why I’m not doing anything more exciting: - It just makes sense to blog about Bethlehem—Jesus’ birthplace—tonight. - Nablus is my favorite city in the occupied West Bank so it gets special Christmas Eve attention. - I was too tired and didn’t make it the ... read more
Date: December 24th 2011
Yes, it’s Christmas Eve and I’m posting a blog while sitting in my room in Ramallah. But I have fairly good reasons for why I’m not doing anything more exciting: - It just makes sense to blog about Bethlehem—Jesus’ birthplace—tonight. - Nablus is my favorite city in the occupied West Bank so it gets special Christmas Eve attention. - I was too tired and didn’t make it the ... read more
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