You mean 500 years of Ottoman Turkish rule, where both Jews and Arabs were second class citizens, and Jew had to pay an extra tax for their protection.

Middle Eastern Jews were targeted in the Middle East and labeled “dhimmis” for centuries and had to pay Jjzya or jizyah yearly taxation historically levied in the form of financial charge on non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Islamic law.
All land sold to Jews by the Ottomans had to be approved by Islamic Courts, but it was good business since they had to pay an extra tax.