Sunday, November 20, 2011

Check Out What Happened Today In Palestine In 1947 On Twitter with @1948War

There is a new twitter account this month, @1948War:
Nov. 1947. UN votes to partition Palestine into 2 states, Jewish and Arab. Follow events as they happen leading up to and during the War of Independence 1947-49
Some of what happened today back in 1947 is benign:

Colonial govt & Army in Palestine celebrate Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth. Watch wedding http://bit.ly/v5pI9q [Nov 20, 1947]
some of it not:

Britain now says it rejects the UN Partition Plan and will impose Martial law in Palestine after Aug. 1 [Nov 20, 1947]

Check it out.
Every day.

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