Although this immigration was creating a certain amount of tension with the local population, mainly among the merchant and notable classes, in 1901 the Sublime Porte (the Ottoman central government) gave Jews the same rights as Arabs to buy land in Palestine and the percentage of Jews in the population rose to 7% by 1914.
Aínda que había certa tensión coa poboación local (principalmente entre os comerciantes e as clases notables), en 1901 Constantinopla deu aos xudeus os mesmos dereitos que os árabes para comprar terras e a porcentaxe de xudeus na poboación aumentou ao 7 % en 1914.