Israel as a nation has only existed since 1948, less than a hundred years. It was created by the United Nations in the turbulent aftermath of World War II.
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Podcast: Why Does the Middle East have Straight Line Borders?
Drawing the Middle East’s modern borders on map with a ruler certainly seemed simple. Perhaps that’s why the lines, set in 1916 by Englishman Sir Mark Sykes and Frenchman Francois Georges-Picot were straight ones. The infamous Sykes-Picot Agreement was a pact between Great Britain and France, made in the middle of World War I (withContinue reading “Podcast: Why Does the Middle East have Straight Line Borders?”
Why Does The Middle East Have Straight Line Borders?!
Drawing the Middle East’s modern borders on a map with a ruler certainly seemed simple. Perhaps that’s why the lines, set in 1916 by Englishman Sir Mark Sykes and Frenchman Francois Georges-Picot were straight ones.
Peace in our Time – the Egypt-Israeli Camp David Accords
Peace in our time, seems like a utopian fantasy, doesn’t it? But there are true examples of lasting success.