1849Sir Moses Montefiore's Trip to Palestine with George Gawler

George Gawler accompanies Sir Moses Montefiori on a trip to ...
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🌱 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

✍️ George Gawler on Jewish Colonies in Palestine

George Gawler publishes "Tranquilization of Syria and the East: Observations and Practical Suggestions, in Furtherance of the Establishment of Jewish Colonies in Palestine, the Most Sober and Sensible Remedy for the Miseries of Asiatic Turkey."
George Gawler on Jewish Colonies in Palestine (1845)
George GawlerJewish ColoniesPalestineZionism19th CenturySyriaAsiatic Turkey
United KingdomUnited KingdomPalestinePalestine

🌱 Sir Moses Montefiore's Trip to Palestine with George Gawler

George Gawler accompanies Sir Moses Montefiori on a trip to Palestine, persuading him to invest in and initiate Jewish settlements in the country.
Sir Moses Montefiore's Trip to Palestine with George Gawler (1849)
ZionismJewish settlementPalestineEarly ZionismMoses MontefioreAgricultural settlement19th century
PalestinePalestine

🧑‍🌾 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

🏘️ 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)
ZionismJewish settlementPalestine19th centuryGeorge GawlerSettlement movement
PalestinePalestine

🤝 James Finn Proposes Jewish Agricultural Settlement

James Finn, the second British Consul in Jerusalem, writes to Foreign Secretary the Earl of Clarendon regarding his proposal "to persuade Jews in a large body to settle here as agriculturalists on the soil ... in partnership with the Arab peasantry"
James Finn Proposes Jewish Agricultural Settlement (1857)
ZionismJewish settlementPalestineAgricultural settlement19th centuryBritish supportJames Finn
PalestinePalestineUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom