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Explore an overlooked moment in pre-WWI Palestine when people's identities overlapped, and Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities intermingled freely. Few could contemplate the conflict that would engulf their region for the next century.

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1913: Seeds of Conflict
A Return to the Land
After the first immigrants settled, a second wave aspired to connect with the land.
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1913: Seeds of Conflict
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Examine seeds of the Middle East conflict, sown in pre-WWI Ottoman Palestine.
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Ashkenazi Jews Arrive in Palestine
From 1882 to 1903, unrest in Russia leads to the emigration of 2 million Jews.
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1913: Seeds of Conflict
1913: Seeds of Conflict
Fresh insight into the dramatic events that led to a century of unrest.
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A Zionist Slogan
The Zionist movement began using a slogan with lasting implications.
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1913: Seeds of Conflict
Establishing Roots in Palestine
Jews began to see the importance of buying land and establishing clustered settlements.
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