Treaty of Lausanne — June 1923 Granted the Republic of Turkey récognition as an independent nation after the Turkish War of Independence

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Balfour Declaration

San Remo Conference

Treaty of Sèvres

Mandate System

Turkish War of Independence

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

I've been fat my whole life and pretended I don't mind. But I do mind. It's really stupid that I've gone on being greedy and fat.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

Nudity is a problem for Americans. It disrupts our social exchange.

I think that those are the things that you can uniquely do with film that are difficult to do anywhere else: they can bring a picture to life, give it a natural and historical context and make you feel that everything else is suddenly credible.

In a hundred years, Christianity will have mutated into something utterly unpredictable which, nevertheless, we'd recognize immediately. And same-sex marriage will be one of the fine old God-given traditions that conservatives leap to defend.

If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they are?

I think I draw my inspiration from a lot of conversations that I had with people or my friends and combine them together with my own personal experience.

I think being an archer is much more integral to Green Arrow and his mythos than it is to Hawkeye.

Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.

With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.

It's pathetic how we can't live with the things we can't understand. How we need everything labeled and explained and deconstructed.

I secretly went to auditions, to open calls. I was ashamed. Anytime I mentioned I wanted to be an actress, my friends were not that supportive.

I'm a man's man. I go out climbing and live outdoors.

I've always had loads of teddy bears.

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

As your kids grow they may forget what you said, but won't forget how you made them feel

Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.