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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