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The person who was the president of Zionist Congress that was gathered in 1897 and known as politic leader of Zionism, Theodoral Herzl wanted from Ottoman Empire to sell Palestine lands to Israel as repayment of its debts.
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Sultan Abdulhamid the Second -peace be upon him- got the Theodoral out of his room for his request and he said that he could not sell the land which was watered with the martyrsâ?? blood.
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In spite of Abdulhamitâ??s refusal, Zionists did not give up establishing Jewish State in Palestine and wanted British-occupied territory in First World War to be given to them.
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Jews lived in different states of Ottoman Empire started to immigrate to Palestine in caravans between the years of 1904 and 1914. The first caravan was consisted of 40 people.
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Palestinian land occupied by Zionist Jews and British people in First World War. In 1917 Minister of British Foreign Affairs Balfour published the Balfour Declaration claiming that Palestine is the national territory of the Jews. ...
