The Ottoman Empire Procedures in Preventing Zionism Infiltration to Jerusalem in the Reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II District of the (1876-1909)

Authors

Walid Subhi Aridi, Department of History, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Omar Saleh Al-omari, Department of History, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The current study is seeking to answer one main question which is: Did the Ottoman take proper and critical procedures to prevent Zionism infiltration to district of empire Jerusalem? What are the related consequences?. The study deals with three domains: 1. Herzl international communications. 2. Immigrations to Jerusalem. 3. proper and critical procedures taken by the Ottoman Empire to prevent Zionism infiltration to Jerusalem. The researchers attached two reports for governors Akram Bek and Ahamd Rasheed Bek as two main sources of this study. The study adopted Ottoman documents, Arabic studies, Turkish studies and foreign studies. The study concludes that the Ottoman empire represented by Sultan Abdulhamid did not ;legitimize the Jewish immigration to Palestine and loyal employees such as Akram Bek transformed this into practical procedures. Meanwhile, some corrupted employees breached this and facilitated the immigration of jews to Palestine.Similar breach are taking place nowdays.

Recommended Citation

Aridi, Walid Subhi and Al-omari, Omar Saleh (2019) "The Ottoman Empire Procedures in Preventing Zionism Infiltration to Jerusalem in the Reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II District of the (1876-1909)," Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب: Vol. 16: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/aauja/vol16/iss1/5