Unknown Settlement Attempt near Hebron: "I have found that this land is 3 km far from Hebron … and it is good for ...

Unknown Settlement Attempt near Hebron: "I have found that this land is 3 km far from Hebron … and it is good for building houses … and for planting vines and fruit trees…" – 27 Letters about Buying Lands in Hebron, Especially by the Anglo-Palestine Bank, to Eliyahu Ze'ev Epstein and his Philanthropist Uncle Yisrael Rokach – Hebrew and English – 1926-1927
All the letters are authorized by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Feivelson, the secretary of "Va'ad Ha'Rabbanim" New York, with stamps of the Va'ad.
The correspondence indicates the intention of Eliyahu Ze'ev Levin Epstein and his uncle Yisrael Rokach to buy a large plot of land near Hebron for a Jewish settlement. Dr. Yitzchak Levi from the Anglo-Palestine bank and the mediator Slonim contacted the Arab land-owner. The negotiations reached a dead end due to the buyers' claims about conspiracy and fraud. The buyers claimed that as opposed to Dr. Levi's promises – the plot was 7 km far from Hebron and its soil was not suitable for growing vegetables as promised. In addition, many of the Jews of Hebron are leaving it and the yeshiva at the place is looking for an alternative.
Eliyahu Ze'ev Epstein (1864-1932) was a Hebrew publisher, educator and among the founders of Rechovot. In 1918, he returned to Israel as part of the Jewish Battalions. He was a member of the Hebrew Immigrants Aid Society in Europe and Israel.
Yisrael Rokach (1841-1933) was a well-known Jewish industrialist and philanthropist in Lithuania and the USA. In 1890 he moved with his family to the USA. He founded a large soap factory in Brooklyn. At the end of the twenties, Rokach founded a charity fund for supporting religious settlers in the Land of Israel. Many neighborhoods were built with money from the fund.
Condition: Very Good. Filing holes with no damage to text. Nice, well-preserved stamps.