Charles Netter was a French businessman and a founding member of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. He is also known for being the founder of Mikveh Israel, the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel.

Aharon Chelouche was an Algerian Sephardic Jew known for his roles as a landowner, jeweler, and money changer in Jaffa's Jewish community. He founded Neve Tzedek, now part of Tel Aviv.

Aliya Eele BeTamar was an aliya of Jews from Yemen to the Land of Israel in 1881-1882. The Jewish year of their Aliya, תרמ"ב, gave to the alya its name (תרמ"ב --> בתמר). The name is also a direct quote from the verse "I said, I will climb up to the Tamar" from the book of Songs of Songs.

1868 - 1945. Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, was a British industrialist, politician, and Zionist activist in the late 19th and early...

The Herut movement was founded in 1948 and succeeded the Irgun organization, the military arm of the Revisionist movement (created by Jabotinsky) during the Yishuv period. It opposed Mapai in its vision for the Land of Israel.

In the early 1880s, Jews in the Russian Empire experienced harsh antisemitism, violence, and persecution. In response to that, and in opposition to assimilation, some Jews suggested settling a home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, the only place Jews could become a nation.

Also called, Ha-Irgun. The Etzel was an underground military organization that operated in the Yishuv from 1931 to 1948.

Yitzhak Rabin was Israel's former IDF Chief of Staff, the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Haim Nissim Amzlag was a Jewish businessman and community leader during the Yishuv period.

David Ben-Gurion (born David Grun) was an Israeli politician and the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel.