Whiel there were always some Jews, most of the Jews living there moved there after 1900, as many of the surrounding Kingdoms (particularly Egypt and Saudi Arabi

Whiel there were always some Jews, most of the Jews living there moved there after 1900, as many of the surrounding Kingdoms (particularly Egypt and Saudi Arabia) had become increasingly antisemitic and forced them out. Israel's current location wasn't even the only place considered, they also looked at a place in Africa, and this was possible because most people were immigrating there and it wasn't a generational homeland.