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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestine(1945) Land ownership by sub-district Map published in 1945 by UN Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestine Question In the 1880s, Jews, predominantly Ashkenazi, began purchasing land and properties across Ottoman Syria in order to expand the collective territorial ownership of the Yishuv. Large ...
The Jezreel Valley was considered the most fertile region of Palestine. [3] The Sursock Purchase represented 58% of Jewish land purchases from absentee foreign landlords (as identified in a partial list in a 25 February 1946 memorandum submitted by the Arab Higher Committee to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry). [4]
The Sursock Purchase: The Jewish Colonisation Association makes its first major purchase in the north of Palestine in an acquisition of 31,500 dunums (acres) of land near Tiberias from the Sursock family. This will go on to become one of the largest land purchases for the purposes of colonisation within Palestine. [2]
Golden Book signed by Theodor Herzl and Johann Kremenetzky. In the Jewish Museum of Switzerland's collection.. The Jewish National Fund (JNF; Hebrew: קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael; previously הפאנד הלאומי , Ha Fund HaLeumi) is a non-profit organization [2] [3] founded in 1901 to buy land and encourage Jewish resettlement in ...
Aug. 12—The city of Palestine has announced it is accepting applications for a special election for the vacant District 3 City Councilmember position. Those interested in representing their ...
According to City Manager Teresa Herrera, the scope of this plan was established by the Palestine City Council in 2019. The city council took out certificates of obligations to fund this plan in 2021.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and precursor to the 1948 Palestine War Palestinian insurgents during the 1936–39 revolt in Mandatory Palestine Date 1 March 1920 – 14 May 1948 (28 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Mandatory ...
Jul. 15—The Palestine City Council approved interim city manager Teresa Herrera as its new city manager and welcomed Krissy Clark as the new District 5 councilmember during Monday's meeting.