1839 ⟶ Lord Shaftesbury's Advertisement on Jewish Return
Lord Shaftesbury takes out a full-page advert in The Times a...
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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⛪️ Church of Scotland Mission to Palestine
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passes an Act on the Conversion of the Jews, and sends four Church of Scotland ministers, Andrew Bonar, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Alexander Keith and Alexander Black to Palestine. They publish the popular book Narrative of a Visit to the Holy Land; And, Mission of Inquiry to the Jews in 1842⟶
Christian ZionismEvangelismChurch of ScotlandPalestine19th CenturyReligious MissionsConversionHoly Land
United KingdomPalestine📜 Judah Alkalai Advocates for Jewish Restoration
Judah Alkalai publishes his pamphlet Darhei No'am (The Pleasant Paths) advocating the restoration of the Jews in the Land of Israel as a precursor to the coming of the Messiah, followed in 1840 by Shalom Yerushalayim (The Peace of Jerusalem).⟶
ZionismEarly ZionismRestorationJudah AlkalaiMessianismLand of IsraelPalestine19th CenturyJewish Nationalism
SerbiaPalestine🗣️ 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 ShaftesburyZionismBritish Foreign PolicyLord PalmerstonPalestine19th CenturyJewish ReturnDiplomacy
United KingdomPalestine✍️ 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 PalmerstonBritish Foreign PolicyZionismJewish SettlementOttoman Empire19th CenturyPalestineDiplomacyJewish Emigration
United KingdomPalestine
Turkey🗣️ 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"⟶
ZionismProto-ZionismBenjamin DisraeliBritish politicsPalestine19th centuryPolitical thought
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