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2 unusual facts about Aliyah and yishuv during World War I


Aliyah and yishuv during World War I

The Ottoman authorities also deported the leaders of the Jewish population in the Land of Israel—David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi were deported from the empire in spite of the Zionist leadership officially declaring their support to the Ottoman empire.

Chaim Weizmann and Ze'ev Jabotinsky supported political activism rather than neutralism.



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