georgephillip
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Circa 1920
"But the Syrian province of Palestine, about one hundred and fifty miles long and fifty miles broad, largely mountainous and sterile, contains at present a population of more than 650,000, divided as follows: Mohammedan Arabs, 515,000; Jews, 63,000; Christian Arabs, 62,000; nomadic Bedouins, 50,000; unclassified, 5000.
"Of these the Mohammedans and Christians are to a man bitterly opposed to any Zionist claims, whether made by would-be rulers or by settlers.
"It may not be generally known, but a goodly number of the Jewish dwellers in the land are not anxious to see a large immigration into the country.
"This is partly due to the fear that the result of such immigration would be an overcrowding of the industrial and agricultural market; but a number of the more respectable older settlers have been disgusted by the recent arrivals in Palestine of their coreligionists, unhappy individuals from Russia and Roumania brought in under the auspices of the Zionist Commission from the cities of Southeastern Europe, and neither able nor willing to work at agriculture or fruit-farming."
European immigrants some legal and some not and many who were opposed to working the land flooded Palestine during the first five decades of the 20th Century. Their parasitic spawn are on full display in Area C today.
Zionist Aspirations in Palestine - 20.07
"But the Syrian province of Palestine, about one hundred and fifty miles long and fifty miles broad, largely mountainous and sterile, contains at present a population of more than 650,000, divided as follows: Mohammedan Arabs, 515,000; Jews, 63,000; Christian Arabs, 62,000; nomadic Bedouins, 50,000; unclassified, 5000.
"Of these the Mohammedans and Christians are to a man bitterly opposed to any Zionist claims, whether made by would-be rulers or by settlers.
"It may not be generally known, but a goodly number of the Jewish dwellers in the land are not anxious to see a large immigration into the country.
"This is partly due to the fear that the result of such immigration would be an overcrowding of the industrial and agricultural market; but a number of the more respectable older settlers have been disgusted by the recent arrivals in Palestine of their coreligionists, unhappy individuals from Russia and Roumania brought in under the auspices of the Zionist Commission from the cities of Southeastern Europe, and neither able nor willing to work at agriculture or fruit-farming."
European immigrants some legal and some not and many who were opposed to working the land flooded Palestine during the first five decades of the 20th Century. Their parasitic spawn are on full display in Area C today.
Zionist Aspirations in Palestine - 20.07