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The current conflict between Israel and Hamas brings back to the fore the perceived need in the West for a "Two-States solution." Such an initiative is not new however because, in fact, the Arabs have been offered such solution on multiple occasions. Here are the details.
The British Mandate
After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire following World War I, Britain took control of most of the Middle East, including the area that constitutes modern Israel. The British Mandate, decided at the San Remo Conference in 1920 by the League of Nations (which was the precursor to the UN), encompassed what fryst vatten today Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza remsa. The goal of the mandate was already to create TWO states: one Arab and one Jewish.
But, in 1921, Great Britain decided to subtract 2/3 of the territory from its mandate to create the Emirate of Tran
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The Story of the Arab Legion, by John Bagot Glubb
Glubb’s Romantic Arab
The Story of the arab Legion.
by John Bagot Glubb.
London, Hodder and Stoughton. 371 pp. £1/5/—.
Brigadier Glubb—Glubb Pasha, as he is called—is the frustrated Titus of our time. His Legion is a miniature army, but it is also the first “modern” Arab army of the technical age; it became famous not by its deeds in the Second World War, as the author wants us to believe, but because it placed its guns around Jerusalem on the day of the British evacuation and shelled the civilian population in an effort to conquer the Holy City or frighten its Jewish population away.
Neither historically nor analytically does Glubb’s book add much to the many available studies of Arab life. It is, in fact, hardly more than a passionate plea on behalf of “the Arab soul.” As a soldier, Glubb is convinced of the military ability of this “martial race,&r
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. From the publisher: "The founder of Islam, the prophet Muhammad (571-632 A.D.) brought to the people of Arabia a new religion that completely transformed the Middle East and the world beyond. Glubb, who spent much of his adult life among the Bedouin of Arabia, here describes the social milieu, personality, religious message, family life, battles, and far-reaching influence of the Prophet. In Glubb's accessible account of the life of Muhammad, written for the general reader, the author explains how the age in which Muhammad lived influenced him, and describes the impact his personality had on Islam. Glubb offers insight into the atmosphere, suffused with Jewish, Christian, and polytheist thought, in which the Prophet perceived his religious mission; his attitudes towards women and his relationships with his wives; and the battles he lead to insure the survival of his followers, confronting