The Ottomans Abrogate the Capitulations

The right to own property is extended to juridical persons, corporate bodies such as companies, societies, and charitable institutions.

The remaining restrictions for an owner of miri land (private usufruct State land) to freely dispose of property are lifted.

Guards from Rehovot affiliated with the Zionist paramilitary group Hashomer clash with Arab laborers from Zarnuqa over an accusation of theft of grapes from a Jewish-cultivated vineyard.

With the extinction of the Qahtani Society, some of its military members, including Ali al-Nashashibi (a military doctor from Jerusalem ), found the secret Covenant Society in Istanbul; it does not...

The Fifth Ottoman Parliament is elected.

On the strength of the assurances he received from McMahon, Sharif Hussein of Mecca states Arab independence from Ottoman rule and starts the Arab revolt from Mecca.

After retaking Rafah, British forces reached the border with Ottoman Palestine and prepared to advance into the territory.

British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour sends a letter (known as the Balfour Declaration ) to Baron Lionel Walter de Rothschild pledging British support for the establishment of a Jewish...

General Allenby makes a solemn entry on foot to the Old City of Jerusalem through Jaffa Gate, accompanied by the attachés of France, Italy, and the United States.

US President Woodrow Wilson makes a major speech before the Congress recalling the moral basis of US involvement in World War I and outlining the principles, both general and territorial, for a stable...