#OTD 1948: The newly declared state of #Israel 🇮🇱 was invaded by five Arab armies - Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq, following the announcement of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. myjewishlearning.com/article/israel……… #ArabIsraeliWar #MiddleEastHistory #JewishHistory

#OTD 2006: Three years after being captured while hiding outside of Tikrit, former Iraqi dictator #SaddamHussein , who had been convicted of the 1982 massacre of 148 Shiite men and boys, was executed by hanging in Baghdad. washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content…… #Iraq #MiddleEastHistory

#OTD 2004: An Israeli missile strike killed Palestinian Islamist leader Sheikh #AhmedYassin , cofounder of the militant Palestinian organization #Hamas .
aljazeera.com/news/2004/3/24… #MiddleEastHistory

#OTD 2006: #Palestinian Authority President #MahmoudAbbas ordered early presidential and parliamentary elections. #Hamas officials declared the edict illegal. nytimes.com/2006/12/16/wor… #MiddleEastHistory #Hamas IsEvil

#OTD 1983: A suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into the US Embassy in #Lebanon killing 33 people. nytimes.com/1983/04/19/wor… #MiddleEastHistory

#OTD 1991: The #PersianGulfWar began when President George H. W. Bush ordered a US-led air offensive against Iraq after #SaddamHussein invaded and occupied Kuwait in August 1990. c-span.org/video/?15723-1…… #OperationDesertStorm #MiddleEastHistory

#OTD 1979: The Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty was signed by Egyptian President #AnwarSadat and Israeli Prime Minister #MenachemBegin in a ceremony at the White House. avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/i… #MiddleEastHistory

#OTD 1945: The #ArabLeague , a regional organization of Arab states in the Middle East, was organized by Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. youtube.com/watch?v=E8MX6E… #MiddleEastHistory

Dive into the turbulent history of the 1956 Suez Crisis, where geopolitics, nationalism, and global tensions collided. 🌍🔥 #SuezCrisis #MiddleEastHistory

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History of Israel Palestine Land!!! #IsraelPalestineHistory #MiddleEastHistory #IsraeliHistory #PalestinianHistory #ConflictHistory #HistoricalTimeline #TwoStateSolution #BalfourDeclaration #1948War #1967War #PeaceProcess #OccupationHistory #JerusalemHistory #GazaStripHistory

If you are online say Ma’Sha’Allah!

#AlAqsaMosque
#MasjidAlAqsa
#Jerusalem
#Palestine
#IslamicHeritage
#DomeOfTheRock
#MuslimHolySites
#ReligiousSites
#MiddleEastHistory
#SacredPlaces

Middle Eastern Airlines (MEA) / Air Liban was founded in 1945 shortly after WWII. Its first routes flew between Beirut and Nicosia, later followed by flights to Iraq, Egypt and Syria.

#MEA #AirLiban #MiddleEastHistory

'How pro-Palestinian protests threaten Middle East autocrats' | DW buff.ly/49x8TsR #Palestine #PalestinianProtests #MENA #MiddleEast #MiddleEast Affairs #MiddleEast History

On this day in 1802, Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants.

#OnThisDay #Karbala #Wahhabi #IslamicHistory #Tragedy #RememberingTheVictims #ReligiousConflict #MiddleEastHistory #HistoricalEvent

Curious: Why no 'Palestinian' state during Egypt/Jordan's rule over Gaza/Judea&Samaria? Jordan=Palestine (renamed), partition plan divided region: 77% for Arabs ('Palestinians' since '64), 23% for Jews(Israel). Result: 2 states emerged.
#TimeToStandUpForIsrael
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Flashback...From the April 1997 issue of Commentary Magazine; Washington Institute's Robert Satloff's review of Bernard Lewis' book, 'The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years' commentary.org/articles/rober… #MiddleEastHistory

'Gaza's hidden heritage: Five historic sites in the besieged Palestinian territory' | Middle East Eye buff.ly/3qzwCXn #MENA #MiddleEastHistory #Gaza #PalestinianHistory #Palestine

'Iraq war, 20 years on: Visualising the impact of the invasion' | Al Jazeera buff.ly/40TibdE #Iraq #MENA #Iraq War #MiddleEastHistory

Did you know that the Middle East is home to the world's oldest known city? Jericho, located in the West Bank, has a history dating back over 10,000 years. #MiddleEastHistory #Jericho #Archaeology

The Middle East is home to some of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Damascus in Syria and Baghdad in Iraq have histories dating back thousands of years, witnessing the rise and fall of empires. #AncientCities #MiddleEastHistory #UrbanHeritage