Palestine Pre-1948
Italian Zionist photo archive of 32/33 captioned photos from 1927. Important data shown under “Some data on Palestinian Reconstruction”, with map showing the areas of Hebrew occupation and photos of the first Italian settlement in Palestine. This was presented as a gift from Dott. Ciro Glass, President of the Executive Commission of the Italian Zionist Federation and the Keren Haiesod. On the back of the card, it says “as a gift to this we have a photo of the jewish sister Balutina, in the constitution day of the Italian Committee". B
Price: $1500.00
Note: Keren Hayesod was established at the World Zionist Congress in London on July 7–24, 1920 to provide the Zionist movement with resources needed to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It came in response to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which stated that “his Majesty's government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” - turning the ages-old dream of the return to Zion into a politically feasible goal. Keren Hayesod established fundraising organizations around the world. During the 1920s, Keren Hayesod began to lay the groundwork for a Jewish National Home and helped raise funds to establish the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bank Hapoalim and various physical projects. In 1926, Keren Hayesod relocated its headquarters from London to Jerusalem.
