Temple, Emily (Lady Palmerston) (1787-1869)

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Quotation from Emily Temple “Acre seems to have fallen down like the walls of Jericho” — Dec. 3 1841 -  In 1841, Lady Palmerston saw the destruction of Acre by the British navy as a first step towards the “restoration” of the Jews, in line with a colonialist reading of the Bible.
Created on May 23 2025 at 03:43 pm GMT, in Quotations