The Ottoman Empire was a very important time in the history of Israel. In the time of the Ottoman Empire, we still did not have the state of Israel.
While the Ottomans where in Israel, the Zoinist Congress was still in Europe. At that time, the Jews in Russia were getting killed one by one. So we talked to the British and told them the situstion we were in. But the British didn't feel empathy for us, they felt sympathy. Even though they didn't really put themselves in our shoes (not literally it's a metaphor) they still offered help. How did they help us? you are about to find out.
The British offered us a part of their land a little after they found out that we needed some land. Yes it was a small piece, but it was bigger than Israel. They offered us a part of Africa, namely Uganda. This event in the Zoinist Congress was called the Uganda Proposal.
The Yuganda Proposal put a lot of tension between the Congress and the British. If the Congress said no then the British would not side with them if they went to war with the Ottomans to get Israel back. But if they said yes then when the Jews have a chance to leave most of them wouldn't want to leave and we'd have an even smaller population.
In conclusion, the time of the Ottomans was a very special time. The Zoinist Congress still found a way to get out of the problem though. They just sent some members of the Congress to see how the land is and just say that it was terrible even if it wasn't. The Congress obviously used that technique to say 'no' in a nice way ( that's called Euphemism). I hope you found my post very interesting!
This post was very nice. It shows plenty of details about the Uganda proposal. It's nice that you mentioned that "being in someone else's shoes" is just a metaphor. Again, this was a great post. God job Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteI like this post and how it talks a lot about the Ottoman Empire and the Uganda proposal. I like how it still mentions how the zionists feel. Once again I really like this blog. Nice job Rebecca
ReplyDeleteI like your blog Rebecca. I also like how you you included the British and the Zionist congress in the story. The British actually did give the land Uganda to Israel. Nowadays it is actually called Kongo. And also it's nice that you wrote that Euphemism is to say no in a nice way.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your blog.when I was reading it I felt sad that a lot of Jews were dying in Russia.But then I felt happy that the British actually gave the Jews land.
ReplyDeleteI like your post Rebecca. You gave good information about the Jews in Russia at that time. I had also learned that Euphemism means No in a nicer way.
ReplyDeleteI found this post to be very interesting. I learned a lot about the Ottoman Empire. I like this post a lot
ReplyDeleteThis is very informational about the Uganda Proposal. I feel like it was a great thing that the British gave the Jews a state. I liked this post.
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