Palestinians Jn Palestine? Flashcards
Were Palestinian Arabs always in Palestine?
No
Travelers over centuries agreed the land was _ and _
Desolate
Largely depopulated
Of Jaffa in 1816, James Silk said
Poor villages, meaningless
In Ramel,
Ruined portion more extensive than inhabited
In 1836, William Crawford Lindsay said all Judea is desolate except (2)
Hills of Hebron
Vales immediately after Jerusalem
1847 the population of Jaffa is
13,000
Turks in Jaffa population
8000
Greeks in Jaffa population
2000
Armenians in Jaffa population
2000
Maronites in Jaffa population
700
Jews in Jaffa
300
No _ in Jaffa
Arabs
Gist of all the travelers logs
Region mainly desolate
According to Hollingsworth, Arabs had no affinity for the land and _ claimed it
Turks
Arabs in regions, according to Hollingsworth, were (2)
Robbers
Strangers