Richard or 'Ree-shar'? Debate over Calgary road's murky origins refuses to die
Could this street really be named after a Montreal Canadiens icon, or is that an apocryphal tale?
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Could this street really be named after a Montreal Canadiens icon, or is that an apocryphal tale?
Having ousted the Ottomans from Palestine in 1917, Britain administered a territory that was already a tinderbox of tensions between Arabs and Jews. Matthew Hughes explores the bloody end of the Palestine Mandate and the emergence of the State of Israel
Thurso's Heritage by a Thirsa Loon
April 30, 2003 â Framework for Peace Is Unveiled The Quartet of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations issues its Roadmap for Peace, a framework for talks to achieve a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. The plan comes during the Second Intifada. Israel lists 14 main concerns with the Roadmap but, like the Palestinian Authority, commits to trying to make it work. Hamas rejects it. Talks under the plan make no progress. Â May 1, 1956 â Eshkol Approves Building Ashdod Finance Minister Levi Eshkol, a future prime minister, authorizes...