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Al Aqsa Mosque
History; Israeli history

A mosque located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem where the Israelite Temple once stood. Constructed during the late seventh century, today control over the Ala ...

Contra fact
History; Israeli history

A musical technique that places new lyrics into melodies of old songs. This technique was used during the Holocaust, when lyrics were being written faster than composers could ...

Alawis
History; Israeli history

A Muslim offshoot of Shia Islam. Most of the Alawis live in Syria, where they form some 12 percent of the population. Once a marginal, rural, underprivileged community, Syrian ...

Israel
History; Israeli history

A name given to the Jewish patriarch Jacob according to Genesis 32.38. In Jewish biblical times, this name refers to the northern tribes, but also to the entire nation. ...

Canada
History; Israeli history

A Nazi euphemism for the storage areas used for victims' belongings in camps such as Auschwitz.

Volkdeutscher
History; Israeli history

A Nazi term for a person of German ancestry living outside of Germany. They did not have German or Austrian citizenship as defined by the Nazi term Reichsdeutscher. Nazi Germany ...

Morrison-Grady Plan
History; Israeli history

A new plan in 1946 after the failure to implement the plan of the Anglo-American Committee that created semiautonomous Arab and Jewish cantons. The plan turned the mandate into a ...

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