IMAGO International History, Middle East Conflict, Chronicle, Zionist immigration to Palestine

Apr 22, 2024

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Israel Palestine: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, first Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine, 15 April 1924 Abraham Isaac Kook (1865 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, the founder of Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav Kook (The Central Universal Yeshiva), Jewish thinker, Halakhist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar. Rabbi Kook is known in Hebrew as HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook , or simply as HaRav . He was one of the most celebrated and influential rabbis of the 20th century. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Israeli terrorist, statesman and politician Menachem Begin (1913-1992). Pictured as first president of Israel, 29 March 1949 Menachem Begin (16 August 1913 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944, against the British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. As head of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine. During his leadership Irgun targeted Palestinian civilians in the Deir Yassin massacre.<br Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
ISRAEL: AGRICULTURE, c1930. Student of a girls agricultural training school picking violets, Nahalal, Israel. Photograph, c1930. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642380
ISRAEL: BNEI BRAK, c1930. Jewish settlement of Bnei Brak in Israel. Photograph, c1930. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642379
Palestine: Jews gathered at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, c. 1900 Palestine (Arabic: ÙÙ Ø³Ø·ÙäÙÜŽ Filasá¹Ä«n, Falasá¹Ä«n, Filisá¹Ä«n; Greek: Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹ÏƒÏ Î¯Î½Î·, PalaistinÄ ; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ×¤×œ× ×ª×™× × Palestina) is a n ame given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ××¨×¥Ö¾×™× ×¨××œ Eretz-Yisra el), the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali s Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew langu Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Palestine: A group of elderly Jewish men , American Colony, Jerusalem, c. 1900 Palestine (Arabic: ÙÙ Ø³Ø·ÙäÙÜŽ Filasá¹Ä«n, Falasá¹Ä«n, Filisá¹Ä«n; Greek: Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹ÏƒÏ Î¯Î½Î·, PalaistinÄ ; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ×¤×œ× ×ª×™× × Palestina) is a n ame given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ××¨×¥Ö¾×™× ×¨××œ Eretz-Yisra el), the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali s Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of t Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Palestine: Jews in Arab and European garb in Jerusalem, 1895 Palestine (Arabic: ÙÙ Ø³Ø·ÙäÙÜŽ Filasá¹Ä«n, Falasá¹Ä«n, Filisá¹Ä«n; Greek: Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹ÏƒÏ Î¯Î½Î·, PalaistinÄ ; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ×¤×œ× ×ª×™× × Palestina) is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ××¨×¥Ö¾×™× ×¨××œ Eretz-Yisra el), the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali s Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Palestine: Children and teacher at a Samaritan school in Nablus, c. 1920 Palestine (Arabic: ÙÙ Ø³Ø·ÙäÙÜŽ Filasá¹Ä«n, Falasá¹Ä«n, Filisá¹Ä«n; Greek: Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹ÏƒÏ Î¯Î½Î·, PalaistinÄ ; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ×¤×œ× ×ª×™× × Palestina) is a n ame given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ××¨×¥Ö¾×™× ×¨××œ Eretz-Yisra el), the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali s Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebr Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Palestine: Yitzhaq ben Amram ben Shalma ben Tabia, Samaritan high priest, Nablus, c. 1920 Palestine (Arabic: ÙÙ Ø³Ø·ÙäÙÜŽ Filasá¹Ä«n, Falasá¹Ä«n, Filisá¹Ä«n; Greek: Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹ÏƒÏ Î¯Î½Î·, PalaistinÄ ; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ×¤×œ× ×ª×™× × Palestina) is a n ame given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ××¨×¥Ö¾×™× ×¨××œ Eretz-Yisra el), the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali s Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Re Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Palestine: A Jew of Jersualem, American Colony studio portrait, c. 1900 Palestine (Arabic: ÙÙ Ø³Ø·ÙäÙÜŽ Filasá¹Ä«n, Falasá¹Ä«n, Filisá¹Ä«n; Greek: Î Î±Î»Î±Î¹ÏƒÏ Î¯Î½Î·, PalaistinÄ ; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ×¤×œ× ×ª×™× × Palestina) is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ××¨×¥Ö¾×™× ×¨××œ Eretz-Yisra el), the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali s Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
ZIONIST PROTEST, 1939. A Zionist demonstration in May 1939, protesting the British decision to create an independent Palestine and limit the number of Jewish immigrants. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170248
ZIONIST PROTEST, 1939. A Zionist demonstration in May 1939, protesting the British decision to create an independent Palestine and limit the number of Jewish immigrants. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170247
JEWISH REFUGEES. Police officers remove the body of a slain Jewish refugee, draped in a white Zionist flag, off the Hagana ship Theodore Herzl, off the coast of Haifa. Photograph, mid 20th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0122984
Herzl on a boat sailing to Palestine; 1898. Theodor Herzl (1860 - 1904), Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Though he died before its establishment, he is known as the father of the State of Israel., Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_171_0558 EDITORIAL USE ONLY !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
The First Kibbutz, Degania Bet was founded in 1920 by immigrants from the Second Aliyah, led by Levi Brevda (Levi Ben Amitai), was the first planned kibbutz and was designed and built by the German Jewish architect Fritz Kornber, Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xWorldxHistoryxArchivex WHA_096_0391 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Albert Einstein and the major Zionist leader David Ben Gourion, c.1950™s (b w photo) 1735827 Albert Einstein and the major Zionist leader David Ben Gourion, c.1950™s (b w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1735827
Zionist banner led the procession of High Commissioner, Sir Herbert Samuel at Jewish Colony. Palestine, July 27, 1920. Samuel was an non-observant adult of British Jewish ancestry, and attempted to balance Jewish and Arab interests from 1920-1925 (BSLOC_2 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL044 EC206
Jewish protest against Palestine White Paper, in Jerusalem, May 18, 1939. Two young women at the right belong to the Revisionists or Brown Shirts, extreme and sometimes violent Zionist nationalists, organized by Vladimir Jabotinsky. (BSLOC_2013_9_209) Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL036 EC133
Photograph of a Crowd outside Edsen Cinema Photograph of a Crowd outside Edsen Cinema hearing the address by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963) Labour Zionist leader and president of Israel, Jerusalem. Dated 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25200
Photograph of the Funeral of Meir Dizengoff, mayor of Tel Aviv Photograph of the Funeral of Meir Dizengoff (1861-1936), mayor of Tel Aviv. Dated 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25152
Photograph of the Headquarters of the Zionist Executive Photograph of the Headquarters of the Zionist Executive on King George Ave, Jerusalem; Israel. Dated 1945 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25143
Photograph of Zionist activities in Palestine Photograph of Zionist activities in Palestine a co-educational group at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Dated 1930 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25049
Zionist colonies on Sharon. Borochov, Girls farm, feeding poultry Zionist colonies on Sharon. Borochov, Girls farm, feeding poultry Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A15227
The Keren Hayesod. Agricultural Colonies on Plain of Esdraelon The Emek. Zionist children at play. A spring group. Children picking wild flowers. 1920, Middle East, Israel Copyright: LisztxCollection LCME180713_12538
Zionist colonies on Sharon. Ben Shemen, Kindergarten. Children at play. 1920, Israel, Ben Shemen Copyright: LisztxCollection LCME180713_12502
Zionist activities around Haifa. Hebrew Technical Institute. Apprentices working in the workshops. 1920, Israel, Haifa Copyright: LisztxCollection LCME180713_02409
Photograph of the Women s International Zionist Organisation, summer beach house, for poor Jewish children of Hadera, Palestine. Dated 1936 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0717
Photograph of King George Avenue and the Zionist Executive Head Quarters. Dated 1936 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0372
Zionist activities around Haifa in Palestine (Israel). Members of Hapoel Club off for boat drill; 1930 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_050_0251
Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), Zionist leader, speaking at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1925. Later he became the lst President of the State of Israel. Scientist Chemist Jewish WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives014921

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ISRAEL: AGRICULTURE, c1930. Student of a girls agricultural training school picking violets, Nahalal, Israel. Photograph, c1930. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642380

ISRAEL: BNEI BRAK, c1930. Jewish settlement of Bnei Brak in Israel. Photograph, c1930. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0642379

ZIONIST PROTEST, 1939. A Zionist demonstration in May 1939, protesting the British decision to create an independent Palestine and limit the number of Jewish immigrants. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170248

ZIONIST PROTEST, 1939. A Zionist demonstration in May 1939, protesting the British decision to create an independent Palestine and limit the number of Jewish immigrants. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170247

JEWISH REFUGEES. Police officers remove the body of a slain Jewish refugee, draped in a white Zionist flag, off the Hagana ship Theodore Herzl, off the coast of Haifa. Photograph, mid 20th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0122984

Albert Einstein and the major Zionist leader David Ben Gourion, c.1950™s (b w photo) 1735827 Albert Einstein and the major Zionist leader David Ben Gourion, c.1950™s (b w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1735827

Photograph of a Crowd outside Edsen Cinema Photograph of a Crowd outside Edsen Cinema hearing the address by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963) Labour Zionist leader and president of Israel, Jerusalem. Dated 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25200

Photograph of the Funeral of Meir Dizengoff, mayor of Tel Aviv Photograph of the Funeral of Meir Dizengoff (1861-1936), mayor of Tel Aviv. Dated 1936 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25152

Photograph of the Headquarters of the Zionist Executive Photograph of the Headquarters of the Zionist Executive on King George Ave, Jerusalem; Israel. Dated 1945 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25143

Photograph of Zionist activities in Palestine Photograph of Zionist activities in Palestine a co-educational group at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Dated 1930 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A25049

Zionist colonies on Sharon. Borochov, Girls farm, feeding poultry Zionist colonies on Sharon. Borochov, Girls farm, feeding poultry Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A15227

The Keren Hayesod. Agricultural Colonies on Plain of Esdraelon The Emek. Zionist children at play. A spring group. Children picking wild flowers. 1920, Middle East, Israel Copyright: LisztxCollection LCME180713_12538

Zionist colonies on Sharon. Ben Shemen, Kindergarten. Children at play. 1920, Israel, Ben Shemen Copyright: LisztxCollection LCME180713_12502

Zionist activities around Haifa. Hebrew Technical Institute. Apprentices working in the workshops. 1920, Israel, Haifa Copyright: LisztxCollection LCME180713_02409

Photograph of the Women s International Zionist Organisation, summer beach house, for poor Jewish children of Hadera, Palestine. Dated 1936 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0717

Photograph of King George Avenue and the Zionist Executive Head Quarters. Dated 1936 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0372

Zionist activities around Haifa in Palestine (Israel). Members of Hapoel Club off for boat drill; 1930 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_050_0251

Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), Zionist leader, speaking at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1925. Later he became the lst President of the State of Israel. Scientist Chemist Jewish WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives014921