British mandate

Britain’s long history of adversarial policies toward Iran and Israel - opinion

London is no longer operating behind the curtain, signaling to Islamists that they still have a major power patron, while stepping openly into the role of a major opponent of Israel.

Pro-Palestinian activists attend a protest against Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks, in London, Britain, March 31, 2026.
Yehuda Katz.

My Word: Still bringing them home - opinion

The ruins of the King David Hotel bombing.

The blast that still echoes: The King David Hotel bombing, 80 years on

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Ze’ev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, last year.

How Ze'ev Jabotinsky shaped Israel's Right and liberal democracy - opinion


Struggles of British Mandate for Palestine exposed in new book

Why did UK stay in the game despite challenges, and how did Zionists manage?

 Official portrait of Lord Leslie Turnberg

The Jewish connection of the Battle of Beersheba

Beersheba was the opening battle in the Palestine Campaign of World War I, a battle won by Australian and New Zealand horsemen. 

 GEN. EDMUND ALLENBY reviews  an honor guard of British soldiers  in Jerusalem’s Old City, December  11, 1917.

How much alcohol did British soldiers drink while stationed in Israel during WWI?

Hundreds of glass alcohol bottles from a World War I British army camp were uncovered in an archeological dig near Ramle, suggesting that the British soldiers loved their booze.

A bottle of Gordon's Dry Gin found a the site of the archeological dig near Ramle

Remembering the life of Irgun member and activist Shulamit Dissentshik

 EARLY ZIONIST: Shulamit Dralitz Pashtizky Dissentshik.

How was 'Israel' once 'Palestine'? New books and old coins

In a world of nation-states, names are very important and those responsible for choosing the name Israel for the world’s newest state in May 1948 knew what they were doing. 

 The writer’s bronze coin dated 1946.

Yom Kippur in British Mandate Palestine and the Irgun

Ever since the November 1928 White Paper, the blowing of the shofar, the ram’s horn, among other customs, had been prohibited at the Western Wall — Much to the chagrin of the Irgun.

 PALESTINE POLICE Force wanted  poster of Irgun and Lehi members.  Menachem Begin appears at the top  left.

IDF releases rare aerial photos from Mandatory Palestine

The IDF published aerial photographs of various settlements and kibbutzim from the British Mandate Period.

 Kibbutz Hanita four hours after an aliyah wave.

Police covered up deaths in Mandatory Palestine, new documents show

New documents released by the Israeli State Archives show proof of British police covering up the intentional killing of Jewish youth in Mandatory Palestine in the 1940s.

Memorial for the five Lehi youth killed by British forces in Mandate Palestine, 1947.

Jewish, Arab conflict not symmetrical, but both sides need to douse flames

Most important these days is that all those – from both sides – who want to prevent the situation from deteriorating into a full-scale civil war, should act within their own side to lower the flames.

POLICE OFFICERS clash with protesters during a demonstration in Ramle last week.

KKL-JNF releases photos of Jerusalem during British Mandate

The campaign was done with the goal of connecting Jewish communities around the world with the city of Jerusalem.

JEWS CROWD onto a British army armored car as they celebrate in downtown Jerusalem the morning after the United Nations voted to partition British mandate Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state.