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1517 Islamic Murder, Mayhem, and Mutilation
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1517 Islamic Murder, Mayhem, and Mutilation

The small Jewish community in Hebron is destroyed in an Arab riot. Source: http://iloveisrael-lior.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-ottoman-period1517-1769.html

1516 Jews Restricted from Temple Mount
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1516 Jews Restricted from Temple Mount

Sultan Suleiman I (the Magnificent, 1494-1566) ordered the rebuilding of the city’s walls and encouraged many European Jews, especially those who had been expelled from Spain and Portugal a generation earlier, to settle in the Holy City. Suleiman also instructed his court architect to prepare a place for Jewish prayer in an alley at the […]

1507 The Jews of Jerusalem
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1507 The Jews of Jerusalem

Baumgarten, Martin: The Travels. London approx. 1704, 460-473. Friedrich II, Herzog von Liegnitzund Bieg: Pilgerfahrt (H. Meissner – R. Röhricht). ZDPV I. Leipzig 1878, 126-131, 177-195, 200-215. Source: Nathan Schur. Jerusalem. In Pilgrims’ Accounts Thematic Bibliography.

January 18, 1919 A delegation of Muslim-Christian before the Key-Crane commission In Jerusalem
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January 18, 1919 A delegation of Muslim-Christian before the Key-Crane commission In Jerusalem

January 18, 1919 Arabs Say No to Jewish Homeland – State of Israel A delegation of Muslim-Christian before the Key-Crane commission In Jerusalem, “It is impossible for us to make an understanding with them [Jews] or even to live them together… If the League of Nations will not listen to the appeal of the Arabs […]

March 3, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson
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March 3, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson

March 3, 1919 American Presidents President Woodrow Wilson: 1913-1921 A Jewish State in Palestine “I am persuaded that the Allied Nations, with the fullest concur­rence of our own Government and people, are agreed that in Palestine shall be laid the foundations of a Jewish Common­wealth.” Source: Israel’s Struggle for Peace. Israel Office of Information, New […]

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April 4, 1920 Nebi Mussa Riots in Jerusalem
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April 4, 1920 Nebi Mussa Riots in Jerusalem

Nebi Mussa Riots in Jerusalem On April 4, 1920, a crowd from Hebron and Nablus, associated with the annual Muslim Nebi Musa pilgrimage that had taken place two days earlier, assembled near the Jaffa Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. ( The Nebi Musa pilgrimage commemorated the supposed carrying of Moses’ body, by a […]

April 18, 1920 Sam Reno Conference and the Palestine Mandate
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April 18, 1920 Sam Reno Conference and the Palestine Mandate

April 18, 1920 Sam Reno Conference and the Palestine Mandate The San Remo Conference resulted in the signing of the Peace Treaty with Turkey, dividing the former Ottoman Empire. “The Mandatory will be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on the 2nd November, 1917, by the British Government and adopted by the […]

June 30, 1920 The Palestine Mandate
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June 30, 1920 The Palestine Mandate

June 30, 1920 The Palestine Mandate Headquarters: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (South) Jerusalem

1500 Jews Visit Temple Mount
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1500 Jews Visit Temple Mount

Toward the end of the Mamluk period, there is evidence from the chief rabbi of Jerusalem, David ben Shlomo Ibn Zimra (1479-1573), who wrote that the city’s Jews regularly went to the Temple Mount in order to view the entire temple ruins and pray there. He added that “we have not heard or seen anyone […]

16th Century Distribution of Jewish Population in Israel
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16th Century Distribution of Jewish Population in Israel

Jerusalem, Safed, Hebron, Jaffa, Haifa, Nablus, Gaza Source: Parkes, James. A History of Palestine From 135 A.D. To Modern Times. (p. 180–181).