Palestine

Atlit
The Town of Atlit in Northern Israel is situated on the Mediterranean coast south of Haifa. It was originally a Crusader outpost. In 1903 the new village was founded with the help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild. Atlit is best known for the place where the British built a military […]

Atlit

Nahariya promenade
Nahariya is a coastal resort town in Northern Israel. It was founded in the mid-1930s by German immigrants. It was initially settled with the intention of it being an agricultural village. Still, it soon became apparent to the residents that the attractive location, lovely scenery, and its long and beautiful beach […]

Nahariya

Declaration of Independence State of Israel
Israel before 1948 Since biblical times and as recorded in the Torah, God promised the Land of Israel to the Jewish people and has been sacred to them ever since. After establishing the First Kingdom of Israel in about the 11th century BCE, the Israelites ruled the area sporadically for […]

Israel Before 1948

War of Independence map
War of Independence 1948 On November 29th, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition Palestine. Immediately after the vote, the first Arab attack was launched in Jerusalem, and it did not take long before the fighting spread throughout the country. When Britain made it clear that their mandate […]

War of Independence

Orde Charles Wingate was born in 1903 in Naini Tal India, both his parents were deeply religious Christians and members of the Plymouth Brethren a non denominational evangelical movement. He received a military education and in 1936 Orde Charles Wingate was posted to the British Mandate of Palestine with the […]

Israel – Famous People – Orde Charles Wingate