1882 ⟶ Baron Rothschild Funds Jewish Settlements in Palestine
Baron Edmond James de Rothschild begins buying land in the r...
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💰 Baron Rothschild Funds Jewish Settlements in Palestine
Baron Edmond James de Rothschild begins buying land in the region of Palestine and financing Jewish agricultural settlements and industrial enterprises.⟶
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France🇮🇱 The First Aliyah: Jewish Immigration to Palestine
The First Aliyah, major wave (estimated at 25,000–35,000) of Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine.⟶
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Palestine🏘️ Founding of Rishon LeZion, Rosh Pinna, and Zikhron Ya'akov
Rishon LeZion, Rosh Pinna, Zikhron Ya'akov are founded.⟶
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Palestine🤝 Establishment of the Odessa Committee
The Russian Tsarist government approves the establishment of "The Society for the Support of Jewish Farmers and Artisans in Syria and Palestine", a charity organization which came to be known as "The Odessa Committee."⟶
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RussiaPalestine🇮🇱 Second Aliyah: Jewish Immigration to Palestine
The Second Aliyah occurs. Approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from Russia. The prime cause for the aliyah was mounting anti-Semitism in Russia and pogroms in the Pale of Settlement. Nearly half of these immigrants left Palestine by the time World War I started.⟶
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Ottoman EmpireRussia🏡 Palestine Jewish Colonization Association Established
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