الفهرس 
مقدمات العمل الصهيوني في فلسطين 1840_1876يوجد فقط 14 صفحة متاحة للعرض العام
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المستخلص
The study aims to trace the Zionist activity in Palestine during the study period starting at 1876; the year when Sultan Abdul Hamid II assumed the throne of the Ottoman Empire and the study ends with the year 1914; the year that witnessed the beginning of the First World War and the change of the State policy towards the Jews. This period is considered one of the most important periods in the history of Palestine.
The study is divided into introductory chapter and four chapters:
The introductory chapter is entitled ”Preliminaries of the Zionist action in Palestine 1840-1876”. It discusses the importance of Palestine’s geographical, political, religious, economic, commercial and agricultural position. The European powers have realized the necessity of controlling such position. This chapter illustrates the close relationship linking Palestine to the Eastern issue and its relationship to Jews and settlement in such. Furthermore, this chapter discusses the evolution of the Zionist Jewish thought and its intersection with the European colonial thought and the Jewish plots to immigrate to Palestine.
The first chapter is entitled ”Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Zionism 1876-1909”. It discusses Sultan Abdul Hamid’s policy towards Palestine, the Jews and the Zionist movement, in particular. The Sultan has treated the Jews well and with the development of the Jewish national feeling by immigration to Palestine, the Sultan issued decrees and laws prohibiting their entry to Palestine. In addition, this chapter discusses the Sultan’s attitude towards the European colonization efforts. This colonization attempted with all its efforts to put pressures on the Sultan to gain the privilege of immigration to Palestine. The Sultan confronted the Zionist movement direct attempts to gain Palestine; represented in the leader of the Zionist movement Herzl. The chapter also discusses the settlement action and the financial support from the rich Jews to the Zionist movement for stability and establishment of Zionist settlements. It also
tackles the relationship between the Ottoman rules and the rulers, and the extent of its implementation to prevent land purchase operations.
The second chapter is entitled ”Feds and the Zionist Project 1909-1914”. It discusses the establishment of the Union and Progress Committee, the period of their relationship to the Zionist movement, the coup against the Sultan Abdul Hamid II and the great changes the have occurred to Palestine; especially the facilities conducted by Feds to facilitate the Jews entrance and purchase of the lands. This chapter also discusses the role played by the settlement of the Zionist institutions in factoring the immigration of the Jews and the support and purchase of lands. It also highlights the relationship between the Fed government, the public and the Palestinian forces that have disagreed with the Feds by the passing of time until they reaches the phase of confrontation and opposition of the governmental policy that seek to permit Jews to settle in Palestine.
The third chapter is entitled ”The Zionist movement policy and responses of the Palestinian responses 1882-1914”. It tackles the development of the Zionist settlement phases in Palestine and the classification of each phase separately, as the way in which Zionist settlements development from the support phase to semi-self sufficiency phase. This chapter also discusses the role of Zionist conferences in guiding and supporting the Zionist settlement thought with all the necessary funds in order to establish settlement in Palestine, through orienting the foreign policy of the Zionist movement with the world policy of the settlement movement. Moreover, this chapter traces the attitude of the Palestinian people towards Zionist settlement activity through their resistance which began in phases since 1840. Then, it took several forms, through complaint, even reaching public opposition with the increase of land purchases and collective resistance from the masses.
The fourth chapter is entitled ”Evolution of the Zionist economy in Palestine and its impact on the Palestine economy 1876-1914”. It highlights the economic development experienced by Zionist colonies and how the Jews could establish agricultural, industrial and banking economy that is capable of resistance, development and growth. This chapter also discusses the Palestine economy and the extent of its influence by the laws of the Ottoman State, as well as the control of leaders in agricultural crops and the commercial movement. All such was in conjunction with the Zionist economic growth and was reflected in the state of the peasant and the population with the continued purchase of land and control over state resources. This chapter also traces the commercial relationships with different world countries, as well as the consulate activity in Palestine and the role played by the consulate protection in removing the ban imposed upon them against their to the country. It also discusses the role played by foreign consulates to develop Jewish economy and increase the area of lands owned by Jews.
The study ends with a conclusion tackling the most important results reached.