Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
At the end of the 19th century, Palestine was a quiet province of the Ottoman Empire, mostly Arab and Muslim, with Christian minorities and a small, long-established Jewish community. Nothing suggested that this land would become the stage for one of the longest conflicts in the world. It all started when two national movements met and claimed the same ground: one born in Europe among Jews trying to escape persecution, the other among the Arabs of the region, who also dreamed of a country of their own. Between the two, a colonial power handed out one contradictory promise after another.
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- 2Two nationalisms awaken in Ottoman Palestine
- 3The dead end of the British Mandate
- 41947-1948: partition, then war
- 5The Nakba and the refugee question
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary10 terms explained in a tap.
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