This is an article published on July 9, 1920 in The Sentinel reporting that Turkey officially recognized Palestine’s independence. It states that in reply to the San Remo peace treaty, the Ottoman government now renounces its claims on Palestine and recognizes its right to exist as an independent state. After the defeat of the Ottomans at the end of World War I, the allies met in San Remo, Italy to allocate the administration of the territories which had formerly comprised the Ottoman Empire. It was here that Palestine (modern-day Israel) came under British rule.
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San Remo Conference – The San Remo conference took place in San Remo, Italy, April 19-26, 1920 for the purpose of allocating administration of the three Middle Eastern territories which the Ottoman Empire had lost as a result of World War I. Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan, with the United States attending as an observer, divided the former Ottoman Empire into three separate areas which they named Syria (modern day Syria and Lebanon), Iraq, and Palestine (modern-day Israel and Jordan). It was decided that France would oversee Syria, while Great Britain would have a mandate to rule Palestine and Iraq. The San Remo resolution called for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” as stated in the Balfour declaration of 1917. The resolution was adopted by the League of Nations and signed by 51 countries. It is the foundational document for the modern Middle East and responsible for establishing, in international law, the Jewish State.
The Chicago Sentinel - The Chicago Sentinel, a weekly newspaper for the Chicago Jewish community, was one of the longest continuously published Jewish weeklies in the United States. The first issue of the Sentinel was published on February 4, 1911. The newspaper focused on cultural events and included many eye-catching illustrations and photographs. It also published short stories and reports about events in the various Jewish communities. The Sentinel differed from many other English-language, often highbrow, Jewish weeklies, because it reached out to the Zionist immigrants who preferred to read in English and not Yiddish. The Sentinel is a treasure trove for social, cultural, and religious historians who are interested in American Jewish life outside of New York during the twentieth century.