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JERUSALEM TIMELINE: JERUSALEM MODERN HISTORY
Modern Jerusalem History
Nineteenth century Jerusalem was a site of intense strife between the various factions, religions and ethnicities that had made it their home.
Poverty, Infighting, and a Conflagration in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Napoleon had failed to capture Jerusalem, but victory had a bitter taste. Ruled by a decaying Ottoman government, the city was mired in poverty and strife. Muslims and Christians were continually at odds, and both disdained the Je ...
Theodor Herzl: Father of Zionism
In the late nineteenth century, one man envisioned a Jewish State that would someday emerge as Israel. Though Jews had been living in Palestine for thousands of years, it was the vision of Zionism that led to the creation of the ...
Orde Charles Wingate
Major-General Orde Charles Wingate is a name that is remembered fondly in Israel to this day. As a young officer, Wingate was assigned to the British Mandate in Palestine. There he devoted his efforts to training the Haganah, the ...
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