tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post4478675115576893772..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Jerusalem's Municipality Dereliction in SilwanYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-68848611894913276522010-10-15T22:52:24.114+02:002010-10-15T22:52:24.114+02:00OT
That one might be worth reading:
"Her...OT<br /><br />That one might be worth reading: <br /> <br />"Here are two facts that might jolt your perception of current tensions in the Middle East. The first is that the empire which, at its height, had more Muslim subjects than any other empire ever – counting as subjects over one in three of the world’s Muslims – was the British Empire. <br /> <br />The second fact is that at the end of the First World War, Britain had more than a million soldiers in the Middle East, and in the years immediately following it cut up the map of the region into the shape it bears today, creating entirely new countries in the process and putting its nominees and clients into power in them."[...] <br /> <br />http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/The-Thinking-Read/The-Berlin-Baghdad-Express/ba-p/3387Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-85786065658533456052010-10-15T22:49:11.697+02:002010-10-15T22:49:11.697+02:00Great post, Dr. Lozowick. Stuff like this--concret...Great post, Dr. Lozowick. Stuff like this--concrete pictures that show dramatic changes--are really one of the best ways to get people's attentions. Thank you!Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099017972456573744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-88589056386699668752010-10-15T20:19:59.205+02:002010-10-15T20:19:59.205+02:00Yaakov, where can I get aerial pictures of East Je...Yaakov, where can I get aerial pictures of East Jerusalem from 1967 or before? I have been looking for that, since the Arab part of the city was so small in 1967, and suddenly "it must be the capital of Palestine".Fabiánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721182705553985260noreply@blogger.com