Abdullah I, the founding king of Jordan, is assassinated by a Palestinian nationalist at the al-Aqsa Mosque entrance in Jerusalem. The king’s bodyguards immediately shoot the assassin dead. Abdullah’s grandson, Hussein, succeeds him. Born in...
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President Herzog’s Speech on the Judicial Overhaul’s Impact on the Country, March 2023
After his urging compromise on the proposed judicial overhaul, President Isaac Herzog, in the starkest of terms, says Israel is approaching the “abyss of a civil war” as opponents and proponents head toward a showdown. He characterizes the proposed overhaul as “wrong, oppressive, and undermines our democratic foundations.”
Remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Rabin at Signing of Oslo Accords, 1993
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Chaim Weizmann’s Notes for Speeches on “Rallying World Jewry to Partition,” 1938CIE+ members only
Chaim Weizmann, a top Zionist leader, vividly pronounced parallel Jewish realities in 1938: disaster confronting Jews in Europe and advanced state building in Palestine. Ten years later history was written.
