Muhammad Ali

April 17, 2025

The Palestine Story: Ottoman Resistance to Jewish Settlement

The third Palestine Story reveals how the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and others, consistently resisted Jewish settlement in Palestine—defying foreign pressure and modern misconceptions alike.

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Palestine History, General

April 9, 2025

The Palestine Story: The Crucial Ten Years That Revived the Idea of Israel

This second installment of the Palestine Story explores how Muhammad Ali's decade of rule in the Levant (1831-1840) transformed ancient Jewish aspirations into political plans, creating conditions that would later enable Israel's establishment as European powers first began seriously considering a Jewish state in Palestine.

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