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The Jerusalem News was the first English-language newspaper in Jerusalem , existing for around six months during the British Mandate for Palestine . The paper was established in...

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The Jerusalem News was the first English-language newspaper in Jerusalem, existing for around six months during the British Mandate for Palestine. The paper was established in 1919 by Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen under the auspices of the Christian Science movement and edited by William Denison McCrackan, the associated editor of both the Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel.

History

Following the conquest of Palestine by the British Army in 1917, Christian Science interested itself in the affairs of Palestine, first organizing relief work and then with starting a new newspaper.

Establishment

The Jerusalem News was established in 1919 under the auspices of the Christian Science movement.[1] The paper was established in 1919 by Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen, a British-American woman who would later become a women's aeronautics pioneer, and who had in the aftermath of WWI served in war relief work in Palestine under Field Marshal Allenby.[2] The first issue, on Dec. 9, 1919, bore a congratulatory message from Allenby, then High Commissioner for Egypt.[3]

Editor and writer

William Denison McCrackan, the associated editor of both the Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel,[4] was critical of the Zionist slogan "a land without a people for a people without a land". He said, "We used to read in our papers the slogan of Zionism, 'to give back a people to a Land without a People,' while the truth was that Palestine was already well-peopled with a population which was rapidly increasing from natural causes."[5]

In February 1920, the British-American writer and journalist Talbot Mundy, McCrackan's co-worker and personal friend, arrived in Jerusalem.[6][7] There he became the Jerusalem News' editorial assistant, being involved in writing articles, reporting on current events, proof reading, and editing.[8] Talbot witnessed the increasing conflict between Arab and Jewish populations within the city, and was present during the Nebi Musa riots.

Decline

Los ejemplares del Jerusalem News conservados en la Biblioteca del Congreso comienzan el 9 de diciembre de 1919 y terminan con el n.º 151 (8 de junio de 1920). [ 9 ] El fin de la publicación del periódico se explicó por haber sido «una publicación en tiempos de guerra» y porque el inicio de una administración civil británica requería un tipo diferente de periódico. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

No existía continuidad entre este periódico de corta duración y lo que más tarde se convertiría en The Jerusalem Post , el principal y más duradero periódico en lengua inglesa con sede en la ciudad.

Referencias

  1. ^ Ellis 1984 , pág. 109; Taves 2006 , págs. 61–62, 65.
  2. ↑ "Documentos de Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen" . Claremont Colleges . Archivado del original el 1 de noviembre de 2012. Consultado el 8 de febrero de 2013 .
  3. ↑ Resumen del primer número proporcionado en referencia a un ejemplar subastado en 2014 por House of Zion.
  4. ↑ Ellis 1984 , pág. 101.
  5. ↑ Muir, Diana. «Una tierra sin pueblo para un pueblo sin tierra». Middle East Forum, republicado de Middle East Quarterly (primavera de 2008). Consultado el 15 de junio de 2013.
  6. ^ Ellis 1984 , págs. 110-111; Tavés 2006 , pág. 64.
  7. ↑ Ellis, Peter Berresford (1984). El último aventurero: La vida de Talbot Mundy . West Kingston: Donald M. Grant. ISBN 0-937986-70-4.
  8. ↑ Ellis 1984 , pág. 112.
  9. ↑ Catálogo de la Biblioteca del Congreso
  10. ↑ Peter Berresford (1984). El último aventurero: La vida de Talbot Mundy. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant. ISBN 0-937986-70-4
  11. ^ Ellis 1984 , pág. 124; Tavés 2006 , pág. 72.

Fuentes

  • Taves, Brian (2006). Talbot Mundy, filósofo de la aventura: una biografía crítica . Jefferson, Carolina del Norte: McFarland and Company. ISBN 0-7864-2234-3.