FACT CHECK · LAND AND MIGRATION: WHO CAME FROM WHERE, AND 1948
Claim: 'Palestinians existed before Zionism'
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Arab families lived there for centuries, true. So did Jews: Jerusalem 1844, 7,120 Jews to 5,000 Muslims (Prussian consul Schultz); 1922 British census, 33,971 Jews of 62,578. Its largest group.
SOURCE
Schultz 1844 estimate and Census of Palestine 1922, via Wikipedia: Demographic history of Jerusalem
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