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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Steven E. Zipperstein

Steven E. Zipperstein

British high commissioner John Chancellor, far left, with princess Illeana of Romania and other personages in his garden, circa 1930. (Public domain)
June 13, 2020, 3:14 pm
Diaries reveal overwhelmed British officials in Palestine wanted to go home
Sarcastic, exasperated entries show Mandate-era leaders appalled by Arab violence, repulsed by Jewish ‘arrogance,’ espionage; sides seen as ‘childish,’ heralding today’s conflict
By Steven E. Zipperstein
British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, left, shakes hands with Hitler to seal the Munich Agreement. (Public domain)
January 21, 2020, 11:01 am
Uncovered, Polish Jews’ pre-Holocaust plea to Chamberlain: Let us into Palestine
In March 1939, weeks before the notorious White Paper, Polish Jewry sent London a desperate telegram, published here apparently for the first time. At terrible cost, it was ignored
By Steven E. Zipperstein
Photograph from the League of Nations of prayers at the Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, 1929 (UK National Archives)
January 9, 2020, 1:12 pm
Revealed: An Arab prince’s secret proposal to sell the Western Wall to the Jews
A quixotic overture by a courageous prince lay hidden in files at the UK Colonial Office for 90 years, where this author discovered it. Now it can proudly take its place in history
By Steven E. Zipperstein
Steven E. Zipperstein
June 14, 2016, 4:15 pm
Steven E. Zipperstein
That long overdue NY Times mea culpa
The newspaper of record consistently bought into the fallacy that Iran had shifted towards moderation
Steven E. Zipperstein
February 2, 2016, 3:01 pm
Steven E. Zipperstein
How Obama distracted American Jewry
US Jews quibbled over Israel instead of taking a non-partisan stand against big, bad, nuke-seeking Iran
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