An early Palestine advocacy society forms in New York

Organizations/movement: Jerusalem Palestinian notables. Action: Notables petitioned the Ottoman government to restrict immigration and land acquisition associated with the emerging settlement project....

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....

Organizations/movement: Al-Karmel newspaper. Action: Nassar founded a newspaper in Haifa and used journalism to discuss settlement, land and the position of Palestinian cultivators. Result: A...

Organizations/movement: Filastin newspaper. Action: The Jaffa newspaper began publishing community and public affairs and subsequently warned about the Zionist project. Result: It developed into an...

Organizations/movement: Al-Karmel newspaper. Action: Nassar collected his articles into a short study explaining Zionism’s history and objectives to Arabic readers. Result: His arguments circulated in...

Organizations/movement: Muslim-Christian associations. Action: Local Muslim and Christian leaders formed associations, beginning in 1918, to oppose the national-home policy and represent the country’s...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian National Congress; Muslim-Christian associations. Action: Delegates met from 27 January to 10 February and articulated opposition to Zionist political aims and...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian petitioners; General Syrian Congress. Action: Local delegations and petitioners presented objections to the Zionist program to the American commission. Its...

Organizations/movement: General Palestinian Congress in Damascus. Action: Palestinian participants met in Damascus and advanced their political demands within the wider struggle over the future of the...

Organizations/movement: Palestinian nationalist mobilization. Action: The festival, lasting 2–9 April, became a setting for nationalist speeches and protests; violence included attacks on Jewish...