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19
March
1899

Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi challenges Zionism through correspondence

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๐Ÿ“… 19 March 1899 ๐Ÿ“ Palestine

Organizations/movement: Jerusalem civic leadership. Action: Al-Khalidi communicated objections to establishing the Zionist project in an already inhabited Palestine; Herzl answered on 19 March. Result: Herzl offered assurances about local welfare and denied an intention to remove the existing population. The exchange produced no agreement abandoning the project. Impact / interpretation: The correspondence records an early Palestinian argument about inhabitants and political consent. Herzlโ€™s assurances are evidence of his stated position at that time, not proof of what subsequent institutions did.

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Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi

Theodor Herzl

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Jerusalem civic leadership