Above: IDF enter the library A gunman killed 8 students in a prominent Jewish seminary right in the heart of Jerusalem on Thursday. He wounded nine others; with three of them left in critical condition. One of the wounded are pictured below. In a sad twist of fate, the students were currently praying at the time of the attack. After killing two at the entrance of the Mercaz Harav yeshiva, the gunman proceeded into the library and fired at the religious students with his Kalashnikov ... Read More

Above: Map of Israel in 1948 - 1949 {mosimage}Civil war broke out in Palestine following the declaration of Partition by the United Nations. During its course, the Jews consolidated their control on their assigned part of Palestine. During this period some of Arabs of Palestine suddenly became refugees. Many left the Jewish areas of their own accord, some were encouraged to leave by other Arabs and some were coerced to leave by the Jews. Above: picture of Soldier killed during the war On May ... Read More

Above: Map during the First War between Jews and Romans (click map to enlarge) Romans and Jews started the fight because the Roman king Caligula had proclaimed himself God and asked his subjects, all temples should have his statues. The Jews refused to do so and prepared for a revolt against the Romans. Initially the son of the Roman high priest himself helped the first revolt. The revolt started when the Greeks purposely started sacrificing birds in front of a local ... Read More