Terrorism in Israel - 1919

1919

Start of the Third Aliyah which lasts until 1923 and numbered 35,000 immigrants increasing the Jewish population to 12% of the total, owning 3% of the land. In 1919 1,806 Jewish immigrants arrived in Palestine.

The American sponsored King-Crane Commission delivers its report to the Paris Peace Conference.

Mohammad Amin al-Husayni founded the Jerusalem branch of the Syrian-based 'Arab Club' (El-Nadi al-arabi), which then vied with the Nashashibi-sponsored 'Literary Club' (Al-Muntada al-Adabi) for influence over public opinion, and he soon became its President.

January 18 - Faisal-Weizmann Agreement between Emir Faisal (son of the King of Hejaz, Sharif of Mecca Sayyid Hussein bin Ali), and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization).

January 27 - First Palestine Arab Congress held in Jerusalem.

January 30 - The Supreme Council of the Peace Conference decided that the Ottoman Empire's Arab provinces would not be returned to Turkey.

February 3 - The Zionist Organisation submits its plan for implementation of the Balfour Declaration and urges the selection of Great Britain as Mandatory for Palestine.

February 27 - The leaders of the Zionist Organisation appear before the Supreme Council to explain their plan for implementation of the Balfour Declaration.

March 28 - American Zionist Felix Frankfurter submits a more detailed implementation plan on behalf of the Zionist Organisation.

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