Turkish War of Independence — 1919-1923 Anger aroused by the Treaty of Sèvres -> sentiment of nationalism Victories in this war forced the annulment of the Treaty and obtained a new one.

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Balfour Declaration

San Remo Conference

Treaty of Sèvres

Mandate System

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

Life is a matter of choices and every choice you make makes you.

I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your head; you have to be very deliberate about what you do.

When you start worrying about form, then you're not in the moment.

I went to Parsons, and I interned with Ronen when I was at Parsons. We started our own company since then.

Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

I don't lie very well!

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

I like my body, I like to have fun with what I put on, but I also want to remain classic. So I guess my signature is sexy and eclectic but classic.

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

I don't live for my work. My life is my life. That's more important, and I think that helps my work.

Wilderness complements and completes civilization. I might say that the existence of wilderness is also a compliment to civilization. Any society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name of civilization.

If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a band.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

When I was younger, I'd buy a vinyl album, take it home and live with it, and I think that attachment's largely gone for the file-sharing generation.

Is there something about the gay experience, being gay and the gay experience, that pushes us even more than other people toward competition?

I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.

Because I do so many action-oriented films, I started working with stunt people doing fight training, then I found it to be just great exercise. Also I like to be fit, so I've continued on with fight training. Right before I got to do 'Conan,' I was fighting off four guys. Its great fun. And strange.

The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.

Martha Stewart's my idol.

To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.

I have on my bookshelf a book called 'Movie Monsters' by Alan Ormsby, a kids' book I got when I was in kindergarten. It started there.