Palestine is again linked administratively to Damascus…

Palestine is again linked administratively to Damascus until 1887–88, at which time the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire are settled for the last time.

Palestine is divided into the mutasarrifiyahs of Nablus and Acre, both of which are linked with the vilayet (province) of Beirut, and the autonomous mutasarrifiyah of Jerusalem, which deals directly with Constantinople.

Young Jewish colonists from Europe, who bring neither capital nor experience for agricultural settlement, typify the first wave of Zionist settlement in Palestine, the "First Aliyah” (1882-1903).

Their economic enterprises are not viable until their rescue by the Hibbat Zion movement, which calls on Baron Maurice de Hirsch (1831-1896) for financial assistance.

Although Hirsch's efforts in Jewish agricultural resettlement focus on ventures in other countries, the First Aliyah enterprise in Palestine is consistent with his prescriptions for enhancing the Jewish condition, and his Jewish Colonization Association (ICA, established 1891) will become an important player in land redemption after his death.