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International Conference

History; Israeli history

An idea proposed by King Hussein of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in 1986 of an international conference on the Middle East with the US and the Soviet Union. The ...

Land of Israel Movement (LIM)

History; Israeli history

An ideological movement established in the summer of 1967 to promote the annexation of the occupied territories to Israel, and to fight all efforts for a territorial compromise.

Bloody Monday

History; Israeli history

An infamous pogrom. The German army entered Czestochowa, Poland on September 3, 1939. The next day, later called "Bloody Monday," a pogrom was organized in which a few hundred ...

Operation Grapes of Wrath

History; Israeli history

An Israeli attack on Lebanon in 1996 in response to an increase in suicide bombings and Hezbollah rocket attacks from southern Lebanon. attacks.

marranos

History; Israeli history

An old Spanish term meaning "swine," used to execrate medieval Spanish Jews who converted to Christianity but secretly kept their Judaism.

Muslim Brothers (Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimun)

History; Israeli history

An organization started in 1929 by Hassan Al-Banna to overthrow the secular government in Egypt and return to a fundamentalist Islamic government. The organization grew and spread ...