Groups of Poles and Russian Turks began moving to Israel or Palestine in the 1920s.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The sources confirm that large numbers of immigrants from Poland and Russia/the Soviet Union moved to Palestine in the 1920s, most notably in the Fourth Aliyah (1924-1928), where half of about 82,000 newcomers were reported as Jews from Poland.
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… Same thing, the Soviets did that to the peasants rebelling against them: that they're savages, that they're never going to be reconciled, and therefore they have to go. But a materialist can get away with that, and on top of it all, they think that there's any ethnic or religious connection between the group of Poles and Russian Turks who moved to, um, Israel, starting in the 19 twenties, or, you know, Palestine as far as 19 twenties, um, and the Israelites of old is laughable. You know, they talk about our people as if, you know, how inbred they would be if, if this is the same group of people over time. There are not that many of them. …
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Supports. The fourth aliyah brought some 82,000 immigrants to Palestine between 1924 and 1928, and half of the newcomers were Jews from Poland.[1]
Supports. The third aliyah (1919-1923) brought about 35,000 immigrants predominantly from Poland and Russia or the Soviet Union, and immigration rose again in the second half of the 1920s due to US restrictions and Polish policies.[2][3][4]
Context. The sources describe these 1920s migrants as Jewish immigrants; none uses the term 'Russian Turks' or addresses any Turkic group moving to Palestine in this period.[1][2][3][5]
Context. Migration from Poland and Russia to Palestine continued in the 1920s, though Jewish emigration exceeded immigration in 1927-1928 according to British Mandate-period accounts.[1][6]
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- 1The Jewish-Palestinian conflict. History and the Presentabw.gov.pl · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Historical development of Jewish immigration | Israel (2008 ...bpb.de · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Land of Israeldevencyclopedia.yivo.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Land of Israel - YIVO Encyclopediaencyclopedia.yivo.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Jewish Immigration to Historical Palestine - CJPME - Englishcjpme.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Palestine - British Mandate, Zionism, Conflictbritannica.com · not rated · cited for: context
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