1840 ⟶ Lord Shaftesbury Calls for Jewish Return to Ancient Land

Lord Shaftesbury presents a paper to British Foreign Ministe...
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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".⟶
Lord Shaftesbury's Advertisement on Jewish Return (1839)
Christian ZionismLord ShaftesburyThe TimesPalestineZionism19th CenturyBritish PoliticsJewish ReturnGalileeJudea
United KingdomUnited KingdomPalestinePalestine

🗣️ Lord Shaftesbury Calls for Jewish Return to Ancient Land

Lord Shaftesbury presents a paper to British Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston calling for the 'recall of the Jews to their ancient land'.⟶
Lord Shaftesbury Calls for Jewish Return to Ancient Land (1840)
Lord ShaftesburyZionismBritish Foreign PolicyLord PalmerstonPalestine19th CenturyJewish ReturnDiplomacy
United KingdomUnited KingdomPalestinePalestine

✍️ 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
United KingdomUnited KingdomPalestinePalestineTurkeyTurkey

🌱 George Gawler Encourages Jewish Settlements

George Gawler, previously the governor of South Australia, starts to encourage Jewish settlements in the land of Israel.⟶
George Gawler Encourages Jewish Settlements (1841)
George GawlerZionismJewish SettlementPalestine19th CenturySouth AustraliaColonialism
PalestinePalestineAustraliaAustralia

✉️ Moses Montefiore and Churchill Correspondence

Correspondence between Moses Montefiore, the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Charles Henry Churchill, the British consul in Damascus, is seen as the first recorded plan proposed for political Zionism.⟶
Moses Montefiore and Churchill Correspondence (1841)
Moses MontefioreZionismPolitical ZionismCharles Henry ChurchillBoard of Deputies of British JewsPalestineDamascus19th CenturyDiplomacy
United KingdomUnited KingdomPalestinePalestineSyriaSyria

🧑‍🌾 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"⟶
Founding of British Society for Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land (1850)
ZionismJewish settlementPalestineAgricultural settlement19th centuryBritish support
PalestinePalestineUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom