Prior to 1948, Palestine was held under a British mandate after the U.K. seized the region from the Ottoman Empire during World War I and issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917, promising to ...

Out of 193 UN member states, 147 recognise the state of Palestine - as Canada, the UK and France plan to follow suit ...

Recognition from traditionally pro-Israel Western democracies suggests growing disillusionment with Israeli policies and ...

Palestine Through the Lens: A Visual Chronicle of a Vibrant Society (1898-1946) This is a review of an exceptional photobook, Images of Palestine (1898-1946).

Ian Butler Photography/Alamy Palestine’s natural splendour offered a landscape ripe for scientific “discovery”, description and expropriation by European imperial powers in the 19th century.