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Tag Archives: Arab Revolt
West Bank camps attacks: echoes of the Mandate
The recent Israeli Army invasions of four Palestinian refugee camps in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the attempts to clear them completely of their refugee population evoke historical echoes of the British forces’ savage attacks on rural … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Mandate Period, Zionism Debate
Tagged Arab Revolt, Book review, British Army
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Memories Of The Future: On The Anniversary Of The Balfour Declaration
By His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal Member of the Jordanian royal family “A historian can record what went wrong, but – in his feckless and unhelpful way – he’s not necessarily there to tell them how they … Continue reading
Posted in Balfour Declaration, Pre-Balfour Declaration
Tagged Arab Revolt, Balfour Declaration, Sharif Hussein
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A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A desert uprising that began in hope but was doomed to end in betrayal
Robert Fisk on the moment the Arabs, trusting in British good faith, turned on their Turkish rulers The Arab Revolt is all about the Arab Betrayal. The blowing up of Turkish trains, the capture of Aqaba, the camel charges and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Positions
Tagged 1915, 1916, 1917, Arab Revolt, Arabs, First World War, Hussein Ibn Ali, Lawrence, McMahon Hussain, Sherif Hussein, Sykes Picot
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Setting the Desert on Fire. Book Review
James Barr, Setting the Desert on Fire: T.E.Lawrence and Britain’s’ Secret War in Arabia, (London: Bloomsbury 2006) This book does not fit easily into any one category: it is dramatic, a thrilling account of the last struggles of the Ottoman … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Pre-Balfour Declaration
Tagged Arab Revolt, Arabs, Faisal, Hussein Ibn Ali, Middle East, Peace Conference, Picot, Sykes Picot
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