According to the Jewish Virtual Library, the total number of Jews who came to Palestine between 1882 and 1923 was 115,000 and between 1882 and 1929 was 197,000. The British census of 1922 said that there were 83,694 Jews in Palestine and the British census of 1931 said that there were 174,610 Jews in Palestine. Therefore, there were fewer Jews in Palestine than the total number who entered Palestine – and the reason was because many of the Jews left Palestine within the same year after they arrived. So where exactly were the Jews who supposedly were in Palestine before 1882?