Foreign domination

Holy Sepulchre

Byzantine Rule
(313-636)


Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Dome of the Rock

Arab Rule
(636-1099)


Dome of the Rock built by the Ummayad Caliph Abd-el-Malik in the 7th century on the Temple Mount (Haram-esh-Sharif) in Jerusalem (I. Sztulman)

Seal of the Crusader King of Jerusalem

The Crusaders
(1099-1291)


Seal of the Crusader King of Jerusalem (Israel Antiquities Authority)

Sabil

Mamluk Rule
(1291-1516)


Sabil (fuente) mameluca en Jerusalem - Z. Radovan

Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem

Ottoman Rule
(1517-1917)


Part of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, built in the sixteenth century by Suleiman the Magnificent W. Braun

General Allenby

British Rule
(1918-1948)


The british general Allenby in Jerusalem, 1917

Immigration


Reviewing the blueprints for a new kibutz,, 1936 - O.P.G./Z.Kluger

Evaporation pools

Economic Development


Evaporation pools of the Sodom Potash Factory (GPO/Z.Kluger)

Philharmonic Orchestra of Palestine

Culture


The first concert of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Palestine, directed by Arturo Toscanini, Tel Aviv, 1936 N.T. Gidal

Member of an underground defense

Three Jewish underground movements


A member of an underground defense organization hiding rifles, 1947

Jewish recruits

Jewish volunteers in World War II


Jewish recruits in a British military camp - O.P.G./Z.Kluger

The Yellow Patch

The Holocaust


The Yellow Patch which the Nazis forced Jews to wear

Celebration in Tel Aviv

The Road to Independence


Spontaneous celebration in Tel Aviv, 29 November 1947 (GPO/H.Pinn)