History – Geography

English print (etching) of Joan proclaiming her mission before the doctors of the faith in Poitiers painted by J. OPIE and engraved by T. HOLLOWAY (1796) in Joan of Arc Museum (Johannine imagery).

English print (etching) of Joan proclaiming her mission before the doctors of the faith in Poitiers painted by J. OPIE and engraved by T. HOLLOWAY (1796) in Joan of Arc Museum (Johannine imagery).

Joan of Arc on trial in Poitiers

- 5:00 am

After revealing the identity of Joan of Arc’s fiancé in a first book, the Parisian lawyer A.-P. Turton makes new revelations about La Pucelle in his book “L’histoire inconnue du Livre de Poitiers”.

Historic handshake at the signing of the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993: encouraged by Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat extends his hand to Yitzhak Rabin, who takes it after a brief hesitation (Wikipedia)

Historic handshake at the signing of the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993: encouraged by Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat extends his hand to Yitzhak Rabin, who takes it after a brief hesitation (Wikipedia)

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict imported into France

- 5:19 pm

While the world is witnessing a new escalation in this endless conflict between Israelis and Palestinians which, since 1948, is a problem of territory and law since there are clear but unfulfilled UN resolutions, pro-Palestinian associations are organizing rallies this Saturday throughout France.