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Palestine Mapped: From the River to the Sea in Early Geographic Thought

All books featured in this new section are available from Middle East Books and More , the nation’s preeminent bookstore on ...
Brandeis University

Muriel and Jeremy Josse Collection of Holy Land Maps

The Muriel and Jeremy Josse Collection of Holy Land Maps consists of 253 maps that date predominantly from 1870 to 1923. The majority of the maps are of late-19th- and early-twentieth-century ...
CounterPunch

Cartography of Genocide: Why Netanyahu Erased Palestine from the Map

When asked why his latest map has erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the most detestable answer. “I didn’t include the Dead Sea. It’s not shown ...
International Middle East Media Center

PCBS: “As Palestinians Mark Land Day, Israeli Illegally Controls More Than 85% Of Palestine”

Israeli Occupation Authorities laid hand over more than 85% of the total area of historical land of Palestine which totals about 27,000 km2. Arabs comprise 48% of the total population but utilize only ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

“land Settlement in Palestine” Subject of New Book on Palestine Land Problem

“Land Settlement in Palestine” is the name and subject of a new book on the Palestine land problem around which the present political situation of the Zionist movement centers, published recently in ...
Time

PALESTINE (British Mandate): In the Promised Land

Balfour. On Nov. 2, 1917, Mr. Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, issued a declaration on behalf of his Government: “His Majesty’s Government view ...