For the part of the history relevant to the topic, you have to go back to at least November 2, 1917 [1]. From the same page: "1901 the Sublime Porte (the Ottom

For the part of the history relevant to the topic, you have to go back to at least November 2, 1917 [1]. From the same page: "1901 the Sublime Porte (the Ottoman central government) gave Jews the same rights as Arabs to buy land in Palestine and the percentage of Jews in the population rose to 7% by 1914" [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration