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Jewish in Palestine pre 1948
The first Jewish colonialism in Palestine in 1837 was funded by Moses Montverde
a wealthy British Jew who established the first Jewish settlement in Palestine,
during the rule of Egyptian governor Mohammed Ali. Later on, Montverde
was able to get guarantees from the Ottoman state including protection and privileges
The number of the Jewish people in Palestine reached 1500 in 1860 and
increased to10 thousand in1881. The majority of Jewish people were concentrated in Jerusalem
In 1859 they made their first attempt to settle in Palestine
by setting up the first Jewish neighborhood called
Binyamin Moshe to honor Mr. Montverde who attained the
Ottoman Firman (decree) in 1855 allowing him to buy the land and construct a hospital
In 1859, the hospital was transformed into populace residences
for the Jews which became the first Jewish neighborhood in
Jerusalem, located out side the old citys boundaries.
The first immigration wave (1882 - 1903):
It occurred in two stages: The first from1882 to 1884 and the second
from1890 to 1891. During this emigration about 25 thousand Jews
came to Palestine, most of them from limited income families from Romania and Russia.
The Zionist sources point out that this emigration was organized
and financed by the Zion Lovers Society association and Belo movement
The second immigration wave during (1904 - 1918):
The World Zionist Organization took charge of emigration and settling
affairs in Palestine. The number of Jewish immigrants was 40 thousand
who were mostly jobless Russian and Romanian youths. Later, they
were enlisted in the armed forces.
In the period between 1911 and 1912, about 1500 Yemeni Jews arrived
to Palestine and were distributed at Zionist agricultural settlements.
The Jewish Immigration during the British Mandate (1919-1948):
During this period which took place between 1919 & 1948, a new horizon
was opened to the Zionist emigration movement, where as Balfour declaration
was supplemented to the British Mandate, whose 6th article stipulates that the
British administration would facilitate the emigration by providing suitable
prerequisites and encourage - in cooperation with the Jewish Agency - the settling of the Jews in governmental and deserted lands as well as lands not required for the public usage.
The 7th article stipulates that the Palestinian nationality to be granted to the Jewish immigrants.
For the success of the Zionist project, the United States and some western countries started to limit the Jewish immigration to their countries in order to force them to immigrate to Palestine.
The third immigration wave during (1919- 1923):
The number of immigrants was 35 thousand. Most of them came from
Russia, Romania and Poland, in addition to few numbers from Lithuania,
Germany and the United States.
The fourth immigration wave during (1924- 1932)
During this period, about 89 thousand Jews came to Palestine. The majority
belonged to the middle class and more their half came from Poland.
The immigrants started to establish their own small scale investment projects
The flux of the immigrants reached its climax in 1925 and later their
number increased to 33 thousand, while in 1926 it dropped to 13 thousand.
In 1927 their number decreased to three thousand, then two thousand in 1928
The fifth immigration wave during (1933 - 1939):
The number of its immigrants reached 215 thousand. Their majority
emigrated from different territories in Middle Europe because they
were affected by the Nazist reign on Germany (about 45 thousand from Germany)
In 1935, the emigration reached its climax for it witnessed the arrival
of 62 thousand then it started to diminish because of the revolution
that flared in Palestine in 1936.
Its worth mentioning that the Zionist organization and the Jewish
agency succeeded in reaching a deal with the German Nazists to allow
the German Jews to emigrate and permitted them to take their money.
Accordingly, they were able to let out 32 thousand million pounds.
The sixth immigration wave during (1939 - 1948):
It started during the 2nd world War and lasted till the creation of Israel.
The transfer of immigrants was either by sea or land to reach their
destinations. During the years of the War, 15 thousand illegal immigrants
were transferred to Palestine.
British s revealed that the British Navy assigned to watch the Palestinian
shores to suppress any attempt of illegal immigration - depending on
the reports by the British government - used to help the immigrants
and supplying them with provisions and fuels. In addition, it led the
immigrants to the Palestinian coasts and carried out improper search operations on them.
In summer 1943 the British Government informed its embassy in
Turkey to give the Jews permissions to enter Palestine especially
those who escaped from the lands occupied by Nazists.
In 1944 the United States helped the Jews to get out from the lands
occupied by the Nazist and even it set a special service for this purpose
concerning those who immigrated during the war.
The American President, Truman demanded to allow 100 thousand Jews to
immigrate to Palestine according to the decisions of the Baltimores program.
Consequently, an Anglo - American investigation committee was composed to
examine whether Palestine can absorb the homeless European Jews.
At the beginning of May 1946, the committee recommended Trumans proposal.
The Jewish population in Palestine pre 1948
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