Sykes-Picot Agreement — May 1916 Secret agreement between the UK and France, to which the Russian Empire assented. The agreement defined their mutually agreed spheres of influence in the Middle East.

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

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

The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.

We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of 'Survivor' on a 2-inch television set? I doubt it. But I do think somebody's going to go to a grocery store in the middle of a football game and watch that game.

I never, ever, ever had deltoids! Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes!

Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.

By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.

When I was in New York, I put together a show; I put together this really great band and performed at this place called Littlefield in Brooklyn. It was really fun. I did, like, 10 standards, and then I just hopped around different bars like Mona's and different jazz clubs in New York just singing because I know all the standards so well.

I'm pretty good at getting things out of the way, especially paperwork. I hate it sitting about, as it somehow weighs me down.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course.

I have very little choice. If I don't write, I feel dreadful. So I write.

I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.

I'd like to get out of here without having to talk to the producer.

Before my first child was born, I had nothing going on professionally really, and it's been a very blessed period of creativity for me since he arrived. It's very surreal. It's almost as if the babies are out there pulling strings somewhere, deciding what kind of life they want to be born into.

Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything.

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

It is a mystery why any Americans would support the concept of the EU.

Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours.

You have as much laughter as you have faith.

I have had the same person show up in a few cities with flowers. A lovely gentleman who gave me a picture of himself. I came home, gave it to Ian, and said, 'If I go missing, here's the guy.'

The idea is to bring art to people who might never really interact with it. It's for all citizens, and it's about making the city more interesting and more visually significant.

What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.

I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.

I live a normal life. But I'm always thinking about what I'm going to do next, musically. 'Do I need a fresh producer? What was Peter Gabriel doing when he was 32?'