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The result of these changes caused an increase in both Arab and Jewish populations. By 1880, out of a population of 400,000, the Jewish population comprised 24,000 (see figure 1). At this same time, the Ottoman Empire imposed stringent restrictions on Jewish immigration and land purchase although many of these restrictions were evaded by colonists. ................
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