Sir John-Hope-Simpson — Deemed the main reason for the Palestinian riots (1929) was because there was insufficient land in Palestine to absorb the flow of immigration + criticised the Jewish hiring policy -> responsible for deplorable conditions of the Arab farmers Recommended immigration and land purchase control on the Jews

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

Palestinian riots at the Wailling Wall and Hebron

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

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

Every weekend we've been trying to go out of town, to let people know about this album. I've been trying to host parties. It's hard, because it's a lot of work to do both.

I write to satisfy the story or poem or piece of fascinating research that speaks to me. To rub a sore, to resonate with joy, to answer a question no one else has satisfactorily answered for me.

Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies - but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.

Honestly, I want to live a calm life without being in the press. I want to be like any other American citizen who gets a speeding ticket or has an argument with his spouse... and doesn't have the whole world know.

I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.

When your dreams are close to coming true, it does not feel real at first.

A camera teaches you how to see without a camera.

Im not tired of challenges. Im tired of people challenging me for nothing.

Men and women wonder if merely walking or driving justifies being followed, stopped, or questioned. This practice and the presumption of guilt so often associated with people of color must come to an end.

Where you learn things, really, is watching it in front of an audience.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

I curse too much. I really do. I have a horrible cursing mouth.

Everybody is going to die, so people are enthralled by the possibility that they don't have to completely die, that there is something that comes afterward. It's like if you're going to France for the summer, you're going to read up on it. Everyone just wants to know where they're going, or if they're going anywhere.

Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.

That's a little homage in a way to that and also to create that sort of creepy atmosphere that Hitchcock did. Vertigo was one of his great movies that was shot right here in The City and it's about a woman and the psychological twists and so forth.

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

If you can't afford the upkeep of your home, it makes no sense to do a reverse mortgage. You will just end up having to sell eventually when you realize you can't afford the home, and whether you have any equity left after the sale depends on the size of the reverse loan that must be settled.

Confidence and hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person.

I have not settled down with a life partner.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

I'm barely reading the 'New York Times!' But I do try to keep abreast of things.

After you leave home you may find yourself feeling homesick even if you have a new home that has nicer wallpaper and a more efficient dishwasher than the home in which you grew up.

When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise.