1903 The Uganda Project
British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain proposed a Jewish Homeland on 5,000 square miles of the Mau Mau Plateau in Uganda what is today Kenya. The proposal was declined by the Zionist Congress in 1905. Source: Wiki
World Zionism
Sep 1899 Captain Dreyfus is Pardoned
Captain Dreyfus is Pardoned
Oct 19 1898 Herzl Meets Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in Palestine
On board the “Imperator Nicholas II” I accompanied the draft for the address with the following letter to Bulow: Your Excellency: I beg to enclose herewith the draft for my address to His Majesty. I have spent a very bad night with all sorts of pains in my heart and am virtually incapacitated for work. […]
1835 Zionism Letter from Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Mordecai Noah publishes his book on bringing Jews to Buffalo
1884 Village of Salmon
An early 20th century travel guide states: In the “village of Silwan, east of Kidron… some of the fellah dwellings [are] old sepulchers hewn in the rocks. During late years a great extension of the village southward has sprung up, owing to the settlement here of a colony of poor Jews from Yemen, etc. many […]
1890 The Word Zionism Nathan Birnbaum
1890 The Word Zionism Nathan Birnbaum, Viennese Jew, coined the terms “Zionist”, “Zionism,” and “Zionistic.” Source: Wiki
February 28, 1940 British Restrict Land Transfer
February 28, 1940 British Restrict Land Transfer In February 1940, the government promulgated land transfers regulations under which the country was divided into three zones. In the largest of these zones, all transfers of land to persons other that Palestinian Arabs were prohibited, except, where certain specific conditions obtain with the permission of high commissioner. […]
March 6, 1940 British Restrict Land Transfer to Jews in Palestine
Philip Noel-Baker in the House of Commons: “in the future, he (Secretary of state malcom macdonald) is to allow the Jews the right of free purchase in 2.6 per cent. Of the total area of Palestine. When they were first promised the National Home, it was to include Trans-Jordan and was to be 45,000 square […]
February 18, 1947 Creation of Sovereign Jewish State
“His Majesty’s Government have …been faced with an irreconcilable conflict of principles. There are in Palestine about 1,200,000 Arabs and 600,000 Jews. For the Jews the essential point of principle is the creation of sovereign Jewish State. For the Arabs, the essential point of principle is to resist to the last establishment of Jewish sovereignty […]
