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100th Anniversary of the San Remo Conference April 1920
After the conclusion of the First World War, a conference was convened at San Remo, taly, in 1920, which gave legitimacy to the Balfour Declaration and the establishment of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine under the […]
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Brexit: Tarshish Revived
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the home of Her Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service. On the domed ceiling above the grand staircase of this historic building are written the words “Let the people […]
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Cyprus and the Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean
For centuries, the great powers have tirelessly jostled with each other for control of the Middle East. As the Ottoman Empire began to disintegrate in the 19th century, Britain and France competed with each other […]
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Tarshish, Cornwall and Tin and Gold Trade in the Ancient World When
When the prophet Jonah fled from the presence of God to Tarshish, he took a ship from Joppa on the west coast of Israel (Jon 1:3). From Joppa the ship would sail westward on its […]
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