Older than Israel
What Readers Ask Us Most. The Nakba Comes First.
The ten things people check most on isitolderthanisrael.com, and what came back.
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Older than Israel
Things, places and claims, dated against 14 May 1948, the day the State of Israel was declared.
Older than Israel
What Readers Ask Us Most. The Nakba Comes First.
The ten things people check most on isitolderthanisrael.com, and what came back.
· 2 min read
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Lifta Was Emptied by Israel in 1948. Its Houses Still Stand at the Entrance to Jerusalem.
Its people were driven out in the first weeks of the war. Their stone houses are still there, below the highway into Jerusalem, and they are still not allowed back.
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Hummus Was in Arabic Cookbooks 700 Years Before Israel Existed
Chickpeas were farmed 9,500 years ago. Recipes for hummus appear in Arabic cookbooks from the 13th century. Israel's claim to it is a marketing story.
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456towns and villages emptied, 1947 to 1949Most of them before or within months of 14 May 1948. Each one was older than the state that emptied it.
- Palestinian Arabs in Palestine, 19471.3 million
- Made refugees, 1947 to 1949750,000
- Of Mandate Palestine held by Israel in 194978%
