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Jewish Immigration to Historical Palestine
Fact sheet 181 from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) does not do a bad job of discussing the background for the start of the modern Palestine/Israel problem.
That problem always was the idea of a partition. It was initially concocted, together, by anti-semitic Europeans along with Marxist political zionists (from the time it was a new movement in Russia in the 1830s onward) who wanted Palestine partitioned. However there was never any need for a "Jewish only" partition, because Jews, Christians, and Muslims had shared customs and lived together in Palestine for centuries, appreciating rather than marginalizing one another.
It must be noted that immigration of Jewish refugees from Europe was not the main problem. The intended partition of Palestine was the problem, and that was facilitated by WWI.
"The beginning of Zionism and immigration: The beginning of modern, national-minded Jewish immigration coincides with the foundation of the modern Zionist movement. Zionism as a political movement is conventionally dated to 1882. Small groups of Jews dispersed through Europe began to cooperate to establish agricultural colonies in historical Palestine. These groups met officially for the first time in 1897, for the first Zionist conference, in Basel, Switzerland."
Fact sheet 181 from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) does not do a bad job of discussing the background for the start of the modern Palestine/Israel problem.
That problem always was the idea of a partition. It was initially concocted, together, by anti-semitic Europeans along with Marxist political zionists (from the time it was a new movement in Russia in the 1830s onward) who wanted Palestine partitioned. However there was never any need for a "Jewish only" partition, because Jews, Christians, and Muslims had shared customs and lived together in Palestine for centuries, appreciating rather than marginalizing one another.
It must be noted that immigration of Jewish refugees from Europe was not the main problem. The intended partition of Palestine was the problem, and that was facilitated by WWI.
"The beginning of Zionism and immigration: The beginning of modern, national-minded Jewish immigration coincides with the foundation of the modern Zionist movement. Zionism as a political movement is conventionally dated to 1882. Small groups of Jews dispersed through Europe began to cooperate to establish agricultural colonies in historical Palestine. These groups met officially for the first time in 1897, for the first Zionist conference, in Basel, Switzerland."
Jewish Immigration to Historical Palestine
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SGT Mary G. thanks for the history... learned a lot about Israel's past.
..."Has immigration been promoted after the creation of the State of Israel?
After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, all limitations on Jewish immigration were lifted, which triggered a large influx of migrants and displaced persons after WWII. The State of Israel also passed the Law of Return, under which any Jewish person has the right to immigrate to Israel.
The newcomers came from Europe, counties in the Near East, and the Maghreb. Jews in Arab countries, such as Iraq, faced growing public hostility because of the conflict in Palestine and later as a result of Israel’s creation at Palestinian Arabs’ expense. Fearing for their security, most Arab Jews eventually chose to emigrate, in response to hostile Arab governments and encouragement by Israeli representatives and agents who were eager to bring them to Israel. This combination of factors led to the nearly total disappearance of ancient Jewish communities in the Near East and Maghreb. Immigration leapt again in 1989-90, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the opening of borders in Eastern Europe. [12]
Today: In total, the State of Israel has absorbed 3.1 immigrants since its creation, 1 million of them between 1990 and 1999. The State of Israel has in fact strongly encouraged Jewish immigration with the objective of ensuring that the majority of Israel’s population remains Jewish, despite Arab Israelis’ high birthrate. Today, however, large-scale immigration is almost non-existent, with many residents leaving the country."
..."Has immigration been promoted after the creation of the State of Israel?
After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, all limitations on Jewish immigration were lifted, which triggered a large influx of migrants and displaced persons after WWII. The State of Israel also passed the Law of Return, under which any Jewish person has the right to immigrate to Israel.
The newcomers came from Europe, counties in the Near East, and the Maghreb. Jews in Arab countries, such as Iraq, faced growing public hostility because of the conflict in Palestine and later as a result of Israel’s creation at Palestinian Arabs’ expense. Fearing for their security, most Arab Jews eventually chose to emigrate, in response to hostile Arab governments and encouragement by Israeli representatives and agents who were eager to bring them to Israel. This combination of factors led to the nearly total disappearance of ancient Jewish communities in the Near East and Maghreb. Immigration leapt again in 1989-90, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the opening of borders in Eastern Europe. [12]
Today: In total, the State of Israel has absorbed 3.1 immigrants since its creation, 1 million of them between 1990 and 1999. The State of Israel has in fact strongly encouraged Jewish immigration with the objective of ensuring that the majority of Israel’s population remains Jewish, despite Arab Israelis’ high birthrate. Today, however, large-scale immigration is almost non-existent, with many residents leaving the country."
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SGT Mary G.
Well, SGT (Join to see), since Russia has been attacking Ukraine, there has been a large influx of refugee immigrants again . . . and the illegal settlements on Palestinian land are surely housing many of them.
Many of the illegal "settlers" in settlements built by Israel on occupied Palestinian Territory in the West Bank are actually Americans (dual citizens) who are committing the crimes that target the Palestinians, trying to harass them to leave. The settlers are protected by the IDF when they raid Palestinian farms, uproot olive trees hundreds of years old (their livlihood) and do whatever other damage they want to do including harming even killing the Palestinians on whose land they are illegally living on . . . with big fancy swimming pools when the Israeli government extremely limits access to water and electrricity for Palestinian people in West Bank. Because some of the criminal settlers are dual citizens our nation SHOULD throw the book at them for their crimes, imho.
Not all the settlers engage in criminal activity, of course. However, the ones who do give all of them a bad name - and the fact that IDF is with them and allows it, says a lot about what they are up to on behalf of the government of Israel.
Many of the illegal "settlers" in settlements built by Israel on occupied Palestinian Territory in the West Bank are actually Americans (dual citizens) who are committing the crimes that target the Palestinians, trying to harass them to leave. The settlers are protected by the IDF when they raid Palestinian farms, uproot olive trees hundreds of years old (their livlihood) and do whatever other damage they want to do including harming even killing the Palestinians on whose land they are illegally living on . . . with big fancy swimming pools when the Israeli government extremely limits access to water and electrricity for Palestinian people in West Bank. Because some of the criminal settlers are dual citizens our nation SHOULD throw the book at them for their crimes, imho.
Not all the settlers engage in criminal activity, of course. However, the ones who do give all of them a bad name - and the fact that IDF is with them and allows it, says a lot about what they are up to on behalf of the government of Israel.
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