The History of Palestine: Land, Identity, and Endless Struggle — Fexingo History
FexingoFrom the Canaanites to the Oslo Accords, the history of Palestine is a tapestry of empires, faiths, and contested identities. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through millennia of struggle over this small but world-changing strip of land. Explore the Bronze Age city-states of Canaan, the rise of the Hebrew kingdoms under David and Solomon, and the successive waves of conquest by Assyrians, Babylonia... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 97 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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In Episode 97, Lucas and Luna explore the 1860 civil war in Mount Lebanon and Damascus, a devastating conflict between Druze and Maronite communities that killed thousands and led to French military intervention. They trace how this event reshaped Ot... more
In 1910, Palestinian farmers and merchants in Jaffa organized a boycott of Jewish-made Jaffa oranges, marking one of the earliest organized economic protests against Zionist settlement. This episode explores the context: the Ottoman land code, the ri... more
In April 1920, during the Nebi Musa pilgrimage festival, violent clashes erupted in Jerusalem between Palestinian Arabs and Jewish Zionists, leaving over a dozen dead and hundreds wounded. This episode revisits the immediate spark—a speech by Ze'ev J... more
In 1910, the Jaffa orange—Palestine’s most celebrated export—became the center of a bitter economic battle. When Arab citrus growers discovered that Zionist settlers were using the 'Shamouti' branding to sell their own oranges, they organized a boyco... more
Long before the great struggles of the 20th century, the workers of Jaffa's port staged a remarkable act of collective action in 1911. This episode dives into the strike of Jaffa's longshoremen and boatmen, who for weeks halted the bustling export of... more
This episode explores the 1897 Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, through the lens of Palestinian Arab reactions—a perspective often overlooked. Lucas and Luna examine how Arab intellectuals, journalists, and political figures in Palestine and t... more
In Episode 91 of The History of Palestine, Lucas and Luna revisit the 1922 Palestine Mandate, but from a fresh angle: the drafting and interpretation of Article 2, which placed the Mandatory Power 'responsible for placing the country under such polit... more
In 1915, as World War I raged, Palestine was struck by a famine that killed an estimated 200,000 people — roughly a third of its population. But this wasn't just a natural disaster. Lucas and Luna explore how Ottoman military policies, a locust plagu... more
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A rigorous history-focused show that walks through millennia of Palestine and regional power dynamics, from ancient empires to modern statehood and conflict. Episodes synthesize archaeology, religious history, and political developments to explore how land, memory, and identity intersect in Jerusalem, Palestine, and the broader Middle East. The hosts often highlight pivotal moments such as early civilizations, the Roman and Islamic eras, the Ottoman period, the British Mandate, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tying them to enduring debates over sovereignty, religion, and cultural memory. Noteworthy is the analytical, non-polemical approach that aims to illuminate complex histories for listeners who want depth, context, and nuanced nar... more
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