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جواز السفر الفلسطيني في فترة الانتداب البريطاني 🇵🇸

كان يُصدر من قبل سلطات الانتداب البريطاني ما بين عامي 1924 و1948، ويحمل اسم “فلسطين” بشكل واضح، باللغة الإنجليزية والعربية والعبرية. حمله الفلسطينيون من مختلف الأديان، وكان يُعد وثيقة رسمية تُثبت الهوية الوطنية والانتماء لفلسطين قبل النكبة

Palestinian Passport during the British Mandate 🇵🇸

Issued between 1924–1948 by the British Mandate authorities, this passport clearly bore the name “Palestine” in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. It was a symbol of national identity, carried by Palestinians of all religions before the Nakba.

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Belvoir Fortress sits high above the Jordan Valley, providing a strategic location during the time of the Crusades. Designed to ward off Muslim invaders, the fortress provided strong combat positioning and breathtaking views for the Crusaders during the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Palestine tycoon's 83-year search for UK atonement

Palestine tycoon's 83-year search for UK atonement | The National

Engineering giant Edgo's founder is seeking a British apology for historic wrongs in Palestine

Palestinian industrialist Munib Al Masri’s eyes watered as he stepped out of Downing Street, the emotions of an eight-decade search for justice etched on his face.

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A World War II-era Hebrew phrasebook for British soldiers in Mandatory Palestine (1920-1948). Intended to promote “friendly relations with the Jewish Population of this country who look upon the British Forces as their best friends", the booklet reflects a wartime sense of common purpose that temporarily calmed Jewish resistance to British authority.

Hebrew for a Shilling (Jerusalem: Steimatzky, 1941), from the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection.