Le Weekend, 10/13/23: Israel, Palestine and the French Connection

Shape

October 13, 2023 Dear Frenchly Readers, In 1799, during the French invasion of the Arab world, Napoleon Bonaparte offered Palestine as a homeland for the Jews with French protection. Though Napoleon’s idea for Palestine never really got off the ground in his lifetime, in the  late 19th century, the British began talking about it once again. […]