Palestinian riots at the Wailling Wall and Hebron — Aug. 1929 Death of 173 Jews and 116 Arabs -> expansion of Haganah, it was now an underground army Sir John-Hope-Simpson was sent by the Brit.

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Balfour Declaration

San Remo Conference

Treaty of Sèvres

Mandate System

Turkish War of Independence

Treaty of Lausanne

Syria & Lebanon 4 dates

Iraq 6 dates

Zionism

Balfour Declaration impact in Palestine

Haganah

Great Arab Revolt

Widening gap between the Jewish and Arab communities in the 30s

Impact of the Great Arab Revolt on the Jewish settlers

Impact of the Great Arab Revolt on the British

Passfield white paper

Arab Executive in Palestine

Sir John-Hope-Simpson

Peel Royal Commission

British White Paper

British White Paper : “His Majesty’s Government therefore now declare unequivocally that it is not part of their policy that Palestine should become a Jewish State”

Reactions to the White Paper 1939

You are not any different. You can do anything you want. So many times, I've been asked what I think of women stand-ups. If you actually look around, there are so many female comedians starring in the biggest TV shows.

I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.

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Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

It's very difficult to change the perception people have of you.

Golf in India is considered an elite sport. It is not possible for everyone to play in private courses. We need to give opportunities to all who want to play the sport. And for that, we need public golf courses.

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.

Only recently have I been introduced to the gym and heavy weightlifting and things like that. Before that, when I grew up, I just did a lot of gymnastics and dance. I had more of an athletic background, but nothing where I was in the gym or using any kind of weights.

I wouldn't in any way say I distanced myself from Wall Street.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

The corporate world has the resources to improve the world. Its where people live and work.

When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens.

It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.

As with Google, Facebook was a place that just concentrated a lot of top talent. It's just sort of natural that those people would go on and continue to be successful.

Dont eat breakfast cereals that change the color of your milk.

I prefer to be true to myself even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others rather than to be false and to incur my own abhorrence.

I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.

There are no secrets.

If you worry about disaster all the time thats what youre going to get.

The only thing that matters is to have charm and expression. Then comes that horrible gnawing doubt of our own magnetism. Is it possible that, though we are not lovely, we are not irresistible either? That we will have to go through life belonging neither to the triumphantly beautiful nor to the triumphantly ugly?