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The Jews of Palestine were not exclusively of Iberian origins, and included substantial Yiddish speaking communities who had established themselves in Palestine centuries earlier. [5] Workers in Kerem Avraham neighborhood of Jerusalem (between 1852 and 1862) Jews in 'Ben Zakai' house of prayer, Jerusalem, 1893. Jews of Jerusalem, 1895.
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine; Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine and the decolonisation of Asia: Palestine Railway K class 2-8-4T steam locomotive and freight train derailed from the Jaffa and Jerusalem line after being sabotaged by Jewish insurgents in 1946
18 February – World War II : The Polish Anders Army arrive in Palestine, where many Polish Jews, including Menachem Begin, desert to work on establishing a Jewish state in Palestine. This becomes known as the 'Anders Aliyah'. 12 May – The founding of the kibbutz Gvulot.
In Chaim Weizmann's view, Palestine was a Jewish and not an Arab country; [59] however, Weizmann believed that the state had to be based on justice and on an accommodation with the Arabs. In 1918, Weizmann toured Palestine as head of the Zionist Commission and met with Arab and Palestinian–Arab leaders, including the future mufti al-Husseini.
Maps of Ottoman Palestine showing the Kaza subdivisions. Part of a series on the History of Palestine Prehistory Natufian culture Pre-Pottery Tahunian Ghassulian Jericho Ancient history Canaan Phoenicia Egyptian Empire Ancient Israel and Judah (Israel, Judah) Philistia Philistines Neo-Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire Achaemenid Empire Classical period Hellenistic Palestine (Seleucus ...
On 31 December 1944, out of 1,732.63 dunums [citation needed] of land owned in Palestine by large Jewish Corporations and private owners, about 44% was in possession of Jewish National Fund. The table below shows the land ownership of Palestine by large Jewish Corporations (in square kilometres) on 31 December 1945.
2 August – The British form the Palestine Regiment, consisting of one Arab and three Jewish battalions. Initially, the Regiment is principally involved in guard duties in Egypt and North Africa . The British also want it to undermine efforts of Hajj Amin al-Husayni , who is working to obtain Arab support for the Axis Powers against the Allies .
Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favor of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being ...