1890 ⟶ Establishment of the Odessa Committee

The Russian Tsarist government approves the establishment of...
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✍️ Lord Palmerston Encourages Jewish Settlement

Lord Palmerston writes to Lord Ponsonby, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire: "There exists at the present time among the Jews dispersed over Europe, a strong notion that the time is approaching when their nation is to return to Palestine... It would be of manifest importance to the Sultan to encourage the Jews to return and settle in Palestine because the wealth which they would bring with them would increase the resources of the Sultan's dominions; and the Jewish people, if returning under the sanction and protection, and at the invitation of the Sultan, would be a check upon any future evil designs of Mehemet Ali (of Egypt) or his successor... I have to instruct Your Excellency strongly to re-commend (to the Turkish Government) to hold out every just encouragement to the Jews of Europe to return to Palestine."⟶
Lord Palmerston Encourages Jewish Settlement (1840)
Lord PalmerstonBritish Foreign PolicyZionismJewish SettlementOttoman Empire19th CenturyPalestineDiplomacyJewish Emigration
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🏘️ George Gawler Founds Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine

George Gawler founds the Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine⟶
George Gawler Founds Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine (1852)
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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.⟶
Baron Rothschild Funds Jewish Settlements in Palestine (1882)
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🇮🇱 The First Aliyah: Jewish Immigration to Palestine

The First Aliyah, major wave (estimated at 25,000–35,000) of Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine.⟶
The First Aliyah: Jewish Immigration to Palestine (1882)
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🏘️ Founding of Rishon LeZion, Rosh Pinna, and Zikhron Ya'akov

Rishon LeZion, Rosh Pinna, Zikhron Ya'akov are founded.⟶
Founding of Rishon LeZion, Rosh Pinna, and Zikhron Ya'akov (1882)
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🤝 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."⟶
Establishment of the Odessa Committee (1890)
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