The JCT was founded in 1899 to be the financial instrument for the colonisation of Palestine
A colonial project

Zionist Colonialism in Palestine

Fayez Sayegh (1965) The frenzied ‘Scramble for Africa’ of the 1880s stimulated the beginnings of Zionist colonisation in Palestine. As European fortunehunters, prospective settlers, and empire builders raced for Africa, Zionist settlers and would-be state-builders […]