British mandate

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

Eight decades after the bombing shook British rule in Mandatory Palestine, its role in the struggle for statehood and the controversy surrounding it continue to be debated.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
The ruins of the King David Hotel bombing.
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

Jabotinsky represented the core Right wing of the pre-state political battles and campaigns ever since the turn of the 20th century. He stood in opposition to Chaim Weizmann and Ben-Gurion.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
Nathan Straus

Macy’s magnate Nathan Straus used his fortune to combat disease in New York and Mandatory Palestine

Unlike Rockefeller or Carnegie, Nathan Straus began to give his money away early on and was devoted to several significant philanthropic initiatives as he continued to build his major businesses.

|ByCHARLES MUNITZ/JTA
Tel-Aviv building site - Rothschild Park

Israel Electric reveals telegrams showing Tel Aviv power station's role in British political battle

The company said the documents highlight the strategic importance of the Tel Aviv power station during the early years of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

This Week in History: Hebron Massacre

67 Jews were killed. Synagogues and homes, lived in for generations, were destroyed.

AUGUST 25, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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When UK rabbis realized hassidim drained the swamps of pre-state Israel

Seeing such people tilling the land, draining marshes, and sweating under the sun was a sure sign of the coming redemption for the rabbis of the United Kingdom.

JULY 29, 2023ByLEVI COOPER
‘IT COULD well have been that the UK rabbis were looking at Bnei Brak’: Main street, 1928.

Mahaneh Yehuda market celebrates its 100th birthday - opinion

Jerusalem Affairs: Mahaneh Yehuda was originally registered with the British Mandate authorities in June 1922, meaning the 100th birthday celebrations are delayed.

JULY 1, 2023ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
THE BUSTLING Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem turns 100.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Did the Allies do enough to help the Jews? - opinion

In remembering the Holocaust, there is also a place to recall the behavior of the principal Western allies who came up short in protecting the Jews.

APRIL 13, 2023ByMARK REGEV
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden lays a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, last July. It is sometimes forgotten that Washington didn’t declare war on the Nazis – it was Hitler who declared war on the US.

Nahariya hospital implants cardiac pacemaker in 102-year-old woman

Kafri has a birth certificate from the time of the British Mandate that was written in three languages: Hebrew, English and Arabic.

APRIL 9, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Rachel Kafri and Prof. Shaul Atar on her follow-up visit after implanting the pacemaker

How should Avraham Stern be remembered? - opinion

The once Zionist renegade is now part of the Israeli mainstream - but was he more terrorist or freedom fighter?

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByMARK REGEV
OVER THE decades since his death, Avraham “Yair” Stern has increasingly edged into the Israeli consensus, says the writer.

Israel needs films about Irgun, Lehi fighting the British - opinion

Why does the history of the Irgun and Lehi have such a poor record of cinema and television treatment?

JANUARY 25, 2023ByYISRAEL MEDAD
JEWISH UNDERGROUND detainees are held at Gilgil Camp, in Kenya.

Jerusalem's Jewish majority has been restored after 100 years - opinion

Jerusalem has been the center of Jewish national and spiritual existence since time immemorial.

JANUARY 22, 2023BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
MUSLIM ARMIES conquered Jerusalem in 638 CE. The occupying forces built al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine atop the ruins of the Jewish Temples.

Israeli Stern Group violence in British Mandate: Ann Turton's tragedy

George F. Smith was killed by the Irgun and Stern Group in Jaffa, thrice orphaning Ann. What happened to her?

JANUARY 21, 2023ByYISRAEL MEDAD
ANN TURTON as a young child in Palestine.

Historical treasure hunters find Scottish soldier's tag from World War II in Hadera

A team of volunteers interested in finding historical items and sending them back to museums uncovered tags for a Scottish soldier who served in British Mandate Palestine during WWII.

JANUARY 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A man uses a metal detector on the beach.