The earliest settlement of Lebanon is believed to stretch back earlier than 5,000 BC, indeed Byblos is generally considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. The coastal plain of Lebanon was home to the Phoenicians whose maritime culture flourished for over 2,000 years. Their most famous colonies included Cadiz in Spain [...]
BIBLICAL PERIOD
2000 BCE Patriarchs and Matriarchs: settlement of the Land of Israel
1250 BCE Moses, desert wanderings; receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai; conquest of Land of Israel by Joshua; rule by Judges
1st TEMPLE PERIOD
1000 BCE Jerusalem becomes King David’s capital; Solomon builds First Temple; division of kingdom into Israel and Judah
586 BCE Destruction of First [...]
What if I told you that I am acquainted with a person of a certain nationality that is automatically and thoroughly searched at a particular airport, said airport being in the same country mentioned in the cover of the very passport he carries? What is I told you as well this country calls itself tolerant? [...]
They haven’t done it yet. But some things are just inevitable and I sense that the odds of Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear plants is about a 9.9 on a scale of 10.0! Iran wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and the only thing that keeps that from happening is a nuclear [...]
POWER AND WOMAN
By Alejandro Guevara Onofre
INTRODUCTION:
From my perspective, I think that democracy is synonymous of equality between women and men in the civil society and government. Ironically, there are more women voters, but fewer women candidates. However, From my point of view I think that “Parity Democracy” is the big difference between democracies [...]
It’s the number one topic on the world’s political agenda. It’s considered more important than the Iranian nuclear threat or the Iraqi war. The drive for a State in Palestine gains constant momentum, propelled by the iron will of the international community. The Palestine issue is entrenched in the collective conciousness as the single [...]