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Palestine was a thriving land where most Lebanese immigrated to earn a living before eventually settling in Egypt and overseas.. By Nadi Abusaada. February 23, 2022 The lights, emanating from the neighboring coastal city of Haifa, descend along Mount Carmel steep contours, washing into the Mediterranean Sea, and eventually reaching Akka shores. This is the extent of…

December 17, 2023 One of my pleasures when traveling is engaging firsthand with diverse cultures and countries. Sadly, there are times when disaster strikes,

November 11, 2023 One of my pleasures when traveling is engaging firsthand with diverse cultures and countries. Sadly, there are times when disaster strikes,

Palestine Square

The artefacts were collected by boat builder Fred Matson 1899 - 1994.

Decades after Israeli soldiers killed over 100 Palestinians in a northern village during the Nakba, a new film is spurring demands for historical redress.

The past year has seen many left-wing Israeli groups looking beyond the occupation to confront the legacies of 1948, but they remain divided over redressing the exile of Palestinian refugees through return.

'The Wealthy': Following a Jewish family from Eastern Europe to Israel, 1763-1948.

The assassination was the sole Palmah operation in Jerusalem until the start of the War of Independence in late 1947.

8 shares In 2000, Rabbi Marvin Hier held a dinner in Los Angeles for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the anti-Semitism monitor and Jewish advocacy group he leads. As the evening drew to a close, Hier handed out baseball caps with “Winnick Institute” written on the front: the name of the tolerance museum the SWC was planning in Jerusalem’s French Hill neighborhood. Unlike the Los Angeles Tolerance Museum, Hier said, the Jerusalem one would not touch on the Holocaust, but would look to t...