Examining the historical context of the occupation of Palestine (1)

Although Zionist idea has its roots in ancient times and is not only the productive political action of Theodor Herzl; if we want to review the serious chain of programmed and continuum efforts of the Jews for occupying Palestinian, it is necessary, at least, to consider the events related to the movement in the new century and the contemporary time account.
The end of the middle Ages and the beginning of the new century coincided with important historical events. The conquest of Constantinople happened in 1453, the printing machine was invented by Gutenberg in 1454 and the continent of America was discovered in 1492 AD. In the same year Andalusia got back from the Muslims territory and was dominated by Christians. With the fall of Andalusia, the Jews were also driven out from the land and moved to France, the Netherlands, Britain and other European countries and they made a skilled and rich economic Collection, especially in the field of foreign trade. So that Britain and other states have tried to benefit from this tribe in extensive network of trade relations with the rest of Europe.
In the sixteenth century in Palestine, some Jews lived from two different tribes: the Jews of German descent, called "Ashkenazi" and other Jews of the Spanish race called the "Sephardim", for both donations were collected throughout the Europe and the world.
One of Europe's institutions to collect donations for the Jews was the institute of "Houlka". In 1759, the first regiment of Houlka who had mission to collect aid from Jews in America, arrived to the country, since then the participation of Jews in America began for strengthening the economic base of the Jews in Palestinian.
At that time, the number of Jewish immigrants to Palestine wasn't more than three thousand people who made life through donations and grants, but at the same time, some of them thought of working in the agricultural sector. Including a Portuguese Jew named Don Zhou Fuzzy who constructed a berry garden in Tiberius in 1860. At the same time, the global alliance of Israel that was founded in the same year in Paris founded an agricultural school around the city of Jaffa known as the " Mikweh Israel» that means the hope of Israel.
After that, a Jewish settlement called " PatahTekivoh» means a shot of hope, in the West Zone of "Molbes" located at a distance of eight miles from "Jaffa" was built and this time, the issue of establishing Jewish settlements in Palestine was seriously followed.
In this period, in addition to a number of poets and writers of Europe who were murmuring the necessity of Jewish immigration to Palestine for the formation of a Jewish state in their works, military and political figures of Europe insisted more than the others on the issue of transfer of the Jews to Palestine and establishing a Jewish state.
Napoleon, in 1799 AD, during the invasion of Palestine emphasized on rebuilding the Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem and Jewish immigration to Palestine. In other words, about one hundred years before the first Zionist Conference in Basel (1897) and 118 years before the British government issued the Balfour promise, Napoleon provoked the Jews to settle in Palestine and occupy that land.
However, on that day, Napoleon schemes weren't performed, but the idea was seriously and widely followed by the Jews and it was the foundation of the Jews long-term plans.
In his statement that was released with the same purpose in the May 22, 1799, he addressed the Jewish world as the legitimate heirs of Palestine and invited them to settle in the country and stressed that this moment is an opportunity that thousands of years have been deprived from it, and now the time has come to achieve their rights and dignity between other nations….
Napoleon issued his statement after the destruction of the fleet and the defeat at Eka and the adverse conditions which led to his escape to France.
He demanded to propitiate and protect the Jews to benefit them for strengthening its forces and get relieved of the pressure of the usury Jewish who were supposed as a power in France. Therefore that's why Napoleon was revered and loved by the Zionists.
Haim Weizmann, the leader of the Zionist movement in the first half of previous century, called Napoleon the first non Jews Zionist.
Morits Hess one of Zionism leaders, in his book Rome and Jerusalem with the same look stated that it seems that the French and Jews are created for each other in every things.
Author of the world hidden government or hidden hand, by pushing the curtains of history back, has shown that the first figures in Rothschild, including Emshil Rothschild played trick on Napoleon Bonaparte and his court with swiftness conspiracy and designed wars and military operations for him by influencing in his government.
Jewish leaders disturbed his relationship with the Pope and Pope Pius XII issued a decree sentencing for Napoleon that was confirmed by oath on the eleventh of June in 1809.
Rothschild sent Josephine to Napoleon's private life as his lover and achieved some of their intended purposes through her. Napoleon opened a way for the Jewish figures influence in key positions in the country by the mysterious plans of Rothschild. Including Sulet, one of the Rothschild's henchmen, was elected as General in Napoleon's army and was close to the emperor.
As long as Napoleon was fighting in Europe and had the sedition fire on and opposed with the Pope and the Church, they supported and helped him, but when it was quiet and he opposed with Jews, they started to take extreme measures against him.
... So late in his career, Napoleon considered to this speech of Louis IX, the King of France, that he said, "it is best to deal with a Jew to push your dagger in his belly."
On the other hand, Lord Palmerstone (1784- 1865 AD), the foreign minister of Great Britain, in a letter dated in 1840 sent to Punzubeny, his country ambassador in Constantinople, wrote:
Among the Jews of Eastern Europe, a new emotional life has started, because the time for this nation to return to Palestine is very close and there is so much passion for departure to that place and now their thought and attention to make preparations for this departure is more than any other time…..It is clear that the Jews of Europe grew rich owners who surely transfer their enormous wealth to any territory they choose to live.... So, it's for the benefit of the inhabitants of the land to encourage the Jews to return to Palestine, where they immigrate; Because their wealth will lead to an increase in income of that country, and if the Jews return based on Sultan (Ottoman) agreed and supporting and invitation, they prevent the implementation of Muhammad Ali (Pasha- ruler of Egypt) plans and his successors in future.
What is noteworthy in this letter is that when the Jews themselves used the term of Jewish immigrants about themselves, Palmerstone used the interpretation of the Jewish nation! He also stressed on the word "return" refers to their presence in Palestine two thousand years ago!
Following this letter, Lord Shaftesbury said to Palmerstone, "the minister actually sent by God to the Jews to return them to Palestine."
Palestinian was considered an obsolete country in Shaftesbury" look and hence the slogan of "A country without people for people without a country," was made by him that later changed by Zionism to "a land without people for people without land" instead.
When his friend, Jung was appointed as the successor to the British consul in Jerusalem, wrote in his notes:
"What a beautiful event! God's ancient nation will soon find their dignity among other nations and Britain is the first Christian country that steps in it. "
Following the Palmerstone's letter and the British ambassador contacts with Sultan Abdul Hamid, the Sultan of Othman also showed strong opposition to this proposal and Raouf Pasha, the governor of Jerusalem wanted to take the Jews status under control in Palestine and particularly in East Jerusalem, so that no Jews were allowed to enter or settle in Jerusalem except the ones with the intention of pilgrimage and temporary residence.
Jews by observing the intensity and zeal and tenacity of Sultan Abdul Hamid didn't stop trying and continued their continuous efforts to satisfy him. They stated that if their offer was accepted by the sultan, they would carry out the following commitments:
- Paying back all debts of the Ottoman state.
- Building a fleet to defend the Ottoman Empire.
- The payment of an interest-free loan amounting to 35 million gold Lira, for strengthening fiscal and agricultural development and the establishment of the University of Istanbul, so that the Turkish students do not have to travel to Europe and face with harmful revolutionary democracy thoughts!
But the Sublime Porte (the Ottoman sultan's court) other than the rejection of the proposals, , by a decree in 1888 banned any exodus of the Jews in the lands of the Ottoman Empire, and Jewish pilgrims weren't allowed to stay more than three months .
It was here that the Jews used a population affiliated with Freemasonry of "Union and Progress" set a conspiracy against Sultan Abdul Hamid and forced him to overthrow the monarchy in 1909. Jewish Krasu was one of three people who informed Sultan of his deposition.
On the other hand, after the death of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, in 1881, the Jews in Russia who were accused to the murder of Tsar fled the country since their lure and conspiracy for exploiting people became disclosed; because the people of this country sought to take revenge on them. This led the Jews in Russia and Romania to establish some institutions so that they can take action to resettle Jews fleeing from East Europe and build Jewish settlements in Palestine.
The most important institutions were "Friends of Zion" which has several branches in the UK, Austria and Germany. The aims of this population were development and dissemination of Hebrew and immigration of the Jews to Palestine and making preparations for capturing and utilization of the land.
Other cooperative institutions, namely "Odessa", "Rishyun iyzyun", "head Zyunah", "Jacob and the Russbina " and "Kadynah" were chaired by journalist Byrnvm. It's said that he is the first person who used the term of the Zionist movement.
In the nineteenth century, the idea of establishing Jewish settlements and agricultural complexes in Palestine came under consideration. "The Zionist movement has granted a tight link between the Jewish settlement projects and convictions and also considered it necessary for pursuing the Promised Land."
Charles Fourier French philosopher and economist and one of the first leaders of socialist thought in Europe, before Marx's analysis concluded that "the Jews are morally corrupt. They are the main economic exploiters in Europe. Thus, he called for the expulsion of Jews from France and converted to a recognized nation in Palestine. According to the contents of his book that was called the counterfeit industry (1836 AD), Palestinian could be converted to a wide cooperative and experimental area using Jewish millionaire investors who can contribute to the socio-economic system based on cooperation. Fourier stated that the project can change the area into a very successful and harmonic agricultural- industrial complex."
Fourier's theory included a Zionist solution that non- Jews Zionists had been achieved it.
In 1842, one of the most famous Jews in Austria, called Abraham's Bench, in a letter to Kanenk, the foreign minister of Great Britain, asked the Great Britain contribution to strengthen and intensify the government's influence in the Middle East in order to help the Jews.
The letter stressed that the establishment of a Jewish colony in Palestine territories can best guarantee the positions and interests of the UK.
In 1850, the Cresson America consul in Jerusalem, after establishing a Zionist agricultural settlement in the Jerusalem area, designed establishment of other agricultural settlements and tried to attract the Jewish leaders support and affirm toward it; however, he also complied with Judaism, this couldn't evoke their sensitivity and consideration.
American Console believed that the development of the agricultural settlements could be the first steps in establishing a new Palestine, in which Jews could settle for reaching their ideal life. Some Americans following the American console with the same purpose to establish a Zionist agricultural settlement near Jaffa. But the role of Rothschild in making these kind of Zionist agricultural settlements is more considerable.
Rabbi Shmuel Muhilber (1824-1898 AD), had a contact and dialogue with Baron Edmond de Rothschild and tried to draw his attention to the importance of Jewish settlement in Palestine. Rothschild also financed the cost of building settlements for the resettlement of Russian Jewish farmers and then without mentioning the name of Rothschild, construction of the first Jewish settlement in Palestine was conducted. So many years that Rothschild was providing additional cost of establishing other settlements, Rothschild name was not used in this case and only referred to him as famous philanthropist. From the second half of the nineteenth century, Jews took longer steps for the establishment of a Jewish state, which was their long desire.
Leon Pinscher, a Russian Jew, wrote a book entitled "self abandonment" in 1882 in which he invited all his co-religionists around the world to migrate to a particular region of the world and establish an independent state in addition to reviewing the problems of the Jews. His invitation was based on the principle that "the world ridicules the Jewish contempt and knows them as an independent nation and they are considered strangers everywhere."
In his book, he emphasized on the necessity of holding a national conference and creating a company for development and reconstruction and inviting the public to help establish a Jewish state and attempts to obtain international guarantees.
Pinscher in his speech that he gave to the lovers of Zion at the first Congress in 1884, he mentioned helping to transitional Jews wherever they are, and he demanded that Montefiore forum must be established to promote modern agriculture among the Jews... Pinscher was elected to the head of the association. When the Congresses were hold, it became apparent that there are disagreements between religious-minded and wicked. The phenomenon of Zionist settlers sowing began in 1882 by purchasing a plot of land overlooking the beach, adjacent to a country that may be in the future they can buy the lands. When the land purchase contract faced an obstacle because of the opposition expression of the area governor, the successor to the British consul intervened and indiscriminately registered the bought land in his name. The first Jewish city was called Rison Lesion colony that means the "first for Zion", it's said that the term is derived from the Torah. Then, other parts of the land were purchased and some other Zionist settlements were built. Despite several associations of Zion lovers, they couldn't peruse more than a few hundred Jews to immigrate to these colonies spending heavy costs. (At this point, millions of Jews were migrating to the United States).
Pinscher believed that waiting for divine assistance until Christ returns thought was certainly pointless and it should be removed from memory because the chosen people, according to him, are chosen for universal hatred … The solution was that the extra Jews, as a nation, were transferred to a foreign land that was owned by themselves; because most of the western civilized states didn't accept the mass exodus of Jews.
... Pinscher in his book, says:" the transformation and transmission process will be carried out with the assistance of big governments (West) through liberalization." It is worth mentioning that Pinscher, in his expression and suggestions, was affected by the ideas and comments of Moritz Hess who had written a book named “Rome and Jerusalem" in 1840.
Hess, in his book, said: "We have always been strangers and alien among the different nations in which we live." Therefore, he called for the formation of an independent state for the Jewish people and he believed that as the "Rome" is a center for Christian Churches, Jerusalem should be the center of Judaism.

Pinscher wrote in his book with the same point of view:

"Do we among other nations come to account? Where is Jewish voice heard in the international community? Do we have the right to express opinions about our problems?
Our country is an unknown land in where we do not live. Our unity is in our Diaspora and our solidarity with other nations is the outright hostility Diaspora. Our weapon is humiliation, and our defense tool is to escape and our future is covered and hidden in the unseen.The Jews have the responsibility of what a humiliating and down role!"

He also said:

" The World despise the Jewish contempt because it is not a living nation and are considered strangers in any country they live, and being free in the fields of civil and policy doesn't, promote their dignity among other nations. A successful treatment for this incurable pain is creating a nation for Jews to live in their homeland."
Pinscher suggested that all Jewish groups round the negotiating table to come up with another agreement and buy parts of the Palestinian land by paying more to the owners and enticing them to sell. Then they could buy the lands held by Muslims and were flourished by immigrants with the allocation fund from their poor owners.
It was the most general Zionism original plan, but could be possible to succeed if only supported by European governments. Although the fruits of this work would not have been obvious at the time, but it certainly was considered as the first long step in the realization of the Jewish national cause. Baron Rothschild helped millions of francs to the Jews to continue their struggles slowly in the Palestinian territories in this way.