In the twelve centuries and more that had passed since the Arab conquest Palestine had virtually dropped out of history. One chapter only is remembered ― the not very noble romance of the Crusades. In economics as in politics, Palestine lay outside the main stream of the world’s life. In the realm of thought, in […]
Jerusalem, Safed, Hebron, Haifa, The Galilee Source: Parkes, James. A History of Palestine From 135 A.D. To Modern Times. (p. 180–181).
FO 371/1794 – No. 218 (16925) Pera, March 17, 1913 Sir, After the coup d’etat of January 23, last by which the Committee of Union and Progress (e.g. CUP) seized power, the Zionists again became active here and the grand rabbi of Turkey addressed to the minister of justice two notes demanding the abolition of […]
“The road leading from Gaza to the north was only a summer track, suitable for transport by camels or carts. No orange groves, orchards or vineyards were to be seen until one reached the [Jewish] Yabna village. Houses were mud. Schools did not exist. The western part toward the sea was almost a desert. The […]
Filistin, one of the first nationalist organizations is established in an attempt to create a Palestinian Patriotic Society composed of notables from several cities, and states as one of its purposes the purchase of state land before the Zionists do so. Source: 87
President Woodrow Wilson: 1913-1921 “If ever I have the occasion to help in the restoration of the Jewish people to Palestine I shall surely do so.” After his election President Wilson told Robert Morgenthau, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey: “Anything you can do to improve the lot of your coreligionists will reflect credit upon America” […]
FO 371/1245 – No. 146 Confidential Pera, March 7th, 1911 Sir, In Mr. Marling’s despatch no. 992 confidential of December 27th 1909, my no. 621 of august 31st 1910 and my no. 121 of the 21st ultimo, the question of Zionism or the unrestricted immigration of Jews into Turkey and more particularly into Palestine and […]
“There is no evidence against a Jewish clerk, Mendel Beilis, tried for ritually murdering a Christian boy in Kiev In 1911. But that wasn’t the point. The crime scene produced no clear suspects, police felt pressured to make an arrest. Through a mixture of political agitation and scheming on the part of the authorities, Russian […]
Winston Churchill became The First Lord of the Admiralty and accelerates the transition of the Royal Navy from coal to oil, but most of the oil was imported. Source: Wiki
There are very large contingents from the Mediterranean countries, especially Armenia, Greece, and Italy, Turkomen settlers, a fairly large Afghan colony, Motawila, immigrants from Persia, tribes of Kurds, a Bosnian colony, Circassian settlements, a large Algerian element, Sudanese… Source: Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1911 ed.