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

At what point is a person old enough to say, 'I own my body, and I get to do what I want with it'?

People recognize me, call me Ron, and ask me questions. It's really cool and weird as well.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

Action is character.

I've become a captive of my own ambitions.

I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment.

Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.

Not only our political system is broken, but how we do business and have public discourse with one another. The system in Hollywood, specifically, is not depicting people of color; we're not even talking about Asian Americans or Latino Americans; we're not even getting into that question.

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real.

Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.

Women are not to be hit. Theyre to be hugged and caressed.

If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.

Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.

There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.

A driver reaches a destination by driving on that road not by laying back to enjoy the view.

I look forward to the end of all this money-making part of the career, to be truthful.

Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both.

I was always told at school I was posh, then I came to London, and here I'm told I have a country accent.

The great thing about YouTube is there are no gatekeepers. No one is waiting to tell you if you're good enough. It's just your audience.

Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.

Well, I get excited about music.

It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like. Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific.

Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything.

A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.