Yishuv
Yishuv is a
Hebrew word meaning "settlement." It was used in the
Zionist movement, before the establishment of
Israel, to refer to the body of
Jewish settlers in
Palestine. The settlers were referred to collectively as "the Yeshuv." The term came into use in the 1880s, when there about 25,000 Jews living in Palestine, and continued to be used until 1948, by which time there were about 700,000 Jews in Palestine. A distinction is sometimes drawn between the "Old Yishuv," referring to the Jews living in Palestine under
Ottoman rule before
1918, and the "New Yishuv," referring to the much larger Jewish settlement of Palestine under the British Mandate after
1922.
See also