• Today in History - 1948

    From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Friday, May 13, 2022 16:37:00
    ISRAELI DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE:

    The territory that came under Israeli control with their declaration of independence on May 14, 1948, had been controlled by the British since
    the end of World War I as part of the League of Nations' Mandate for
    Palestine. In 1917, the British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour had
    issued the Balfour Declaration, which stated that the British
    government's official position was in support of Zionism, the movement
    to establish a Jewish homeland.

    In 1937 the Peel Commission in Britain suggested splitting the Mandate
    into an Arab state and a Jewish state, which was rejected, and helped
    cause a renewal of the revolt by the Arab population against British
    rule. After World War II, the United Nations recommended the Partition
    Plan, which divided the land into Jewish and Arab-controlled areas. The proposal was rejected by most of the Arab populace but accepted by most
    of the Jewish populace but nevertheless was passed by the UN General
    Assembly (with the opposition of the Arab states) on November 29, 1947.
    The plan was never completely implemented as a civil war broke out
    between the Jews and Arabs almost immediately.

    After the Jewish forces largely won the war, David Ben-Gurion led the declaration of independence on May 14, 1948. The next day, Israel was
    invaded by the Arab League. After 10 months of fighting, Israel had
    defeated the Arab states, who occupied most of the Arab-controlled
    areas. Under the armistice agreements of 1949, Israel kept the areas
    given to it under the Partition Plan and roughly 60% of the areas
    initially given to the Palestinians.

    The resulting conflict is one of the longest-running and most
    intractable in the world, with several major conflicts between Israel
    and the Arab states in 1967 and 1973, controversial Israeli occupations
    of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and recurrent conflicts between the
    two parties and various armed groups.

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    Title: Israeli Orange Chicken
    Categories: Poultry, Citrus, W/ine
    Yield: 8 Servings

    5 lb Roasting chicken
    2 Oranges; whole
    1 lg Onion; in large slices
    1/2 c Orange juice; fresh squeezed
    2 tb Ginger; fresh grated
    2 tb Honey
    1/2 c W/ine

    Rinse and dry chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Insert
    one whole orange in the chicken. Place in roasting pan,
    breast side down. Surround with onion slices.

    Mix juice with the ginger, and pour over the chicken. Roast
    uncovered at 350ºF for 1/2 hour.

    Remove chicken from the oven, turn over, and smear with
    honey. Surround the chicken with the second orange, sliced,
    and return to the oven. After five minutes, baste with wine
    and pan juices. If browning too quickly, cover with foil.
    Baste again, after 1/2 hour. continue cooking until
    drumsticks are removed easily, about 1 more hour.

    Remove the orange from the chicken, and slice it. Garnish
    with herbs, as per taste.

    Note: Haroset makes a good stuffing for this dish....

    From: http://www.recipesource.com

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    ... The Recipe says a pinch of spice. I thought it said a 'pound'.
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