1851 ⟶ Benjamin Disraeli's Proto-Zionist Views Recorded
Correspondence between Lord Stanley, whose father became Bri...
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📰 Lord Shaftesbury's Advertisement on Jewish Return
Lord Shaftesbury takes out a full-page advert in The Times addressed to the Protestant monarchs of Europe and entitled "The State and the rebirth of the Jews", which included the suggestion for the Jews to return to Palestine to seize the lands of Galilee and Judea, as well as the phrase "Earth without people – people without land".⟶
Christian ZionismLord ShaftesburyThe TimesPalestineZionism19th CenturyBritish PoliticsJewish ReturnGalileeJudea
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Palestine🧑🌾 Founding of British Society for Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land
James Finn and his wife found the "British Society for the Promotion of Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land"⟶
ZionismJewish settlementPalestineAgricultural settlement19th centuryBritish support
PalestineUnited Kingdom🗣️ Benjamin Disraeli's Proto-Zionist Views Recorded
Correspondence between Lord Stanley, whose father became British Prime Minister the following year, and Benjamin Disraeli, who became Chancellor of the Exchequer alongside him, records Disraeli's proto-Zionist views: "He then unfolded a plan of restoring the nation to Palestine – said the country was admirably suited for them – the financiers all over Europe might help – the Porte is weak – the Turks/holders of property could be bought out – this, he said, was the object of his life...."Coningsby was merely a feeler – my views were not fully developed at that time – since then all I have written has been for one purpose. The man who should restore the Hebrew race to their country would be the Messiah – the real saviour of prophecy!" He did not add formally that he aspired to play this part, but it was evidently implied. He thought very highly of the capabilities of the country, and hinted that his chief object in acquiring power here would be to promote the return"⟶
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George Gawler founds the Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine⟶
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Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Though converted to Christianity as a child, he is the first person of Jewish descent to become a leader of government in Europe.⟶
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United Kingdom✡️ First Zionist Congress Establishes WZO
The First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, urges "a publicly and legally assured home in Palestine" for Jews and establishes the World Zionist Organization (WZO).⟶
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