"Do you think the fact that by 1896 Jews constituted the majority of the population in Jerusalem while Muslims dominated its political life and were able to restrict property/land sales to Jews might have something to do with who owned the property/land? "
The answer is no, because I was refering to an earlier period in time, the mid-19th century and before the advent of political Zionism and even before the First Aliyah (1881). |
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