Every clipping in this archive printed between 1901 and 1909: 17 of them, oldest first, as plain text that can be read, searched and quoted without running any code. Each entry links to its own record, where the scan is.
· The Perris Progress · Perris · page 1
How the famous fruit is grown in Palestine — oranges are grafted on lemon stock — the crop is about 300,000 boxes
Three hundred thousand boxes. Printed in a small paper in the California citrus belt, where readers knew exactly what that number meant, because it was their own business.
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
The Rev. Mr. Haldeman Thinks that Jews May Regain Palestine Under Military Leadership.
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
Zionists Discuss Problem in Big Chicago Meeting. Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch Says Government Established by Them There Would Be Model.
The NYT using 'colonizing' in its own headline voice, 1902
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
Negotiations for Settlement of the Jews in Palestine Resumed.
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
Calls it a dream utterly impossible of realization — says greatest blessing in disguise that ever happened to Israel was the Palestinian Kingdom’s overthrow
In his sermon Rabbi Silverman said: “The principal Jewish problem is how to overcome anti-Semitism and to insure to Israel a position of equality among the people of the earth. Zionism is an endeavor to solve this problem of creating for Israel a State of its own in its ancient habitation—Palestine. It is purely a political movement, designed to rehabilitate the ancient Jewish Kingdom or Commonwealth that existed two thousand years ago. For the past two thousand years it has been the dream of enthusiasts, sometimes of deluded false messiahs, to return to the Land of Zion.”
The earliest Jewish objection to Zionism in this archive, in the New York Times, forty-five years before partition.
· The Spokesman-Review · Spokane · page 1
“All was not harmony in the recent Zionist congress at Basle, Switzerland. Naturally a majority of the 764 delegates, more than half of whom came from Russia, favored the project of a Jewish state in Palestine, to which might be gathered the Hebrews of the world. But in opposition to this romantic and dramatic ideal, more than one strong voice was raised, questioning the practicability and even the possibility of the undertaking. It is conceded that Zionism is a beautiful dream, but whether it can or should be built into reality is disputed among Jewish leaders in almost every country; and it may well be questioned whether this or any later age will ever see a king in Judah or a state established with Jerusalem its capital. Especially significant on this subject was the protest uttered at the Basle congress by George W. Ochs, proprietor of the Philadelphia Ledger. As an American Hebrew, Mr. Ochs spoke for men of his race who have found golden opportunity awaiting them in this country and who value American citizenship above anything that Jewish nationality in arid Palestine could offer. He declared Zionism an obstacle to the Americanization of Hebrews living here, and emphasized the desirability of their being merged into the mass of American population and maintaining loyalty to American institutions… ‘The wail of nationalization, the talk of Zionism are but manifestations of cowardice, and do more harm to the Americanization, not only of the immigrant, but of the native American Jew, than all the edicts of Czar Nicholas… When misguided people go about the country advocating a Jewish state in Palestine or Africa, the deportation thither of all the Jews of the world, where they are to subsist on hot sand and lichen covered rocks, every Jew baiter howls with glee.’ This sounds like common sense. Moreover it speaks volumes for the justice and equality which the Jews have found in America and for the return which they are making in the loyalty of their citizenship.”
An editorial in a Spokane paper in 1905, endorsing the anti-Zionist case in its own voice in the last three lines. Palestine appears in it as arid, hot sand and lichen covered rocks, with nobody living there.
· The Standard Times
“The latest railway improvement in Palestine is a line from Haifa across the plains of Esdraelon east of the Jordan to Dara, there to join the Hedjaz railway now being constructed for the convenience of pilgrims between Damascus and Mecca.”
Forty-two words. Palestine as a junction and a gradient. Nobody lives there, nobody builds it, nobody is inconvenienced by it.
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
American Zionists' Convention Will Urge Colonization There.
· estimated · East Oregonian · Pendleton
“The wail of nationalization, the talk of Zionism are but manifestations of cowardice, and do more harm to the Americanization, not only of the immigrant, but of the native American Jew, than all the edicts of Czar Nicholas…”
George W. Ochs, proprietor of the Philadelphia Ledger, protesting at a Zionist congress at Basle, reported in a small Oregon daily.
· Evening Star · Washington
· Chicago Tribune · Chicago
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
American Federation of Zionists Discusses the Plan for a Return to Their Ancient Home.
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
Settlers in Palestine Making Good Progress.
· Rochester Journal and the Post Express · Rochester · page 1
Food and habits of the Holy Land peasantry
Consul Thomas R. Wallace, Jerusalem, in Consular Reports
“Consul Thomas R. Wallace, of Jerusalem, furnishes the following information concerning the diet and general conditions of the agriculturalists (fellaheen) of Palestine: The principal diet of the average natives who live upon the land—the fellaheen—is bread, made mostly of barley, often eaten without anything else, and often with olives or olive oil, cheese, coagulated milk (leben), or dried figs. In time of fruit they eat freely of it, the chief fruits around Jerusalem being grapes and figs—the former lasting for some months—and watermelons, which are grown largely on the plains. Many apricots are also eaten, but the season is short. The vegetables chiefly used are tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and garlic, eaten raw or in the form of salads. They grow other vegetables, but ordinarily do not consume them but sell them. Flesh food is eaten only on the occasion of weddings and festivals, and is generally in the form of mutton or goat meat… It is well-known that the fellaheen possesses great endurance. This applies not only to the men, but to the women, the latter carrying heavy loads on their heads, often with babies on their backs, for long distances.—Consular Reports.”
An American government document. A United States consul in Jerusalem itemized what the Palestinian peasantry grew, ate and took to market, and the State Department published it. They sell what they do not eat, which means there is a market, which means there are towns to sell in. The item above it on the page is credited to the London “Mail.”
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
Turkish Situation Pleases Them - Hope to Get Palestine.
· The New York Times · New York · page 1
Proposed Sale of Land Development Stock Arouses a Warm Dispute. FLOOD OF RESOLUTIONS. Reception and Dance Given to the Delegates by the Junior Zionists - Parade To-day.
· The Sunday Oregonian · Portland · page 1
Picturesque peasants bid the alien wanderer welcome in the famous vineyards of ancient Hebron
Evangeline Ben-Oliel
Five photographs across a full page: “Patriarchal Men of Hebron,” “A Peasant Family,” “Men of Hebron at Coffee and Smoking,” the oak at Hebron, and a crowd of several hundred captioned “A Mohamedan Feast Day.” Portland, Oregon, 1909. You cannot argue with a photograph of a crowd.
Part of Covering Palestine, an archive of 1262 newspaper clippings about Palestinians printed in 512 papers between 1799 and 2023. Researched and assembled by Maria Robles. Nothing here was printed after 6 October 2023.
The clippings belong to the newspapers and news agencies that printed them and are reproduced for research, criticism and commentary. Selection, transcription, counts and writing are © Maria Robles, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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