The history of Christian support for a Jewish state far predates the religious right.
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People have long visited places like Auschwitz-Birkenau and, more recently, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now we’re seeing ‘solidarity tours’ to Israel’s October 7 sites and war tourism in Ukraine.
The roots of today’s Israel-Palestine crisis can be traced back to colonial power dealings during World War I – of which the Gallipoli campaign and Anzac legend are an integral part.
With the Israel-Palestine conflict continuing, we asked a range of academics to nominate works that can help explain things.
The British Mandate in Palestine had its origins in the end of World War I and lasted until 1948. What happened next has devastated the Middle East ever since.
With just 67 words, a British foreign secretary kicked off a hundred years of conflict and displacement.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement created the modern Middle East. It represents one of the first installments in a long line of modern European – and subsequent American – meddling in the region.
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Reader in International Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Rochester
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Kronhill Senior Lecturer in East European Jewish History, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
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Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, The University of Melbourne
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Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
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Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
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Lecturer, History of Ideas, Trinity College, The University of Melbourne
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor (Reader), Director of the Law and Justice minor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Religion, Middlebury College