Jack Albrecht
Mar 29, 2024

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Apropos Ottoman:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palestine_(region)

"The Ottoman census of 1878 indicated the following demographics for the three districts that best approximated what later became Mandatory Palestine; that is, the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, the Nablus Sanjak, and the Acre Sanjak.[84] In addition, some scholars estimate approximately 5,000-10,000 additional foreign-born Jews at this time:[87]"

Group Population Percentage

Muslim citizens 403,795 86–87%

Christian citizens 43,659 9%

Jewish citizens 15,011 3%

Jewish (foreign-born) Est. 5–10,000 1–2%

Total Up to 472,465 100.0%

"According to Ottoman statistics studied by Justin McCarthy,[88] the population of Palestine in the early 19th century was 350,000, in 1860 it was 411,000 and in 1900 about 600,000 of which 94% were Arabs."

So again, you're wrong.

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Jack Albrecht
Jack Albrecht

Written by Jack Albrecht

US expatriate living in the EU; seeing the world from both sides of the Atlantic.

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