| Sykes was introduced to Weizmann and Sokolow via , a businessman, and , the editor of the | During 1923, the British made one further attempt to settle outstanding issues with Hussein and once again, the attempt foundered, Hussein continued in his refusal to recognize the Balfour Declaration or any of the Mandates that he perceived as being his domain |
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| ruling over us and disposing of our affairs | In this critical situation it was believed that Jewish sympathy or the reverse would make a substantial difference one way or the other to the Allied cause |
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| Jewish settlement would be allowed and encouraged in this state and this state's holy sites would be under the control of the League of Nations | |
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| As we have seen, Zionism itself arose in reaction to anti-Semitic and exclusionary nationalist movements in Europe | On 11 March, telegrams were sent in Grey's name to Britain's Russian and French ambassadors for transmission to Russian and French authorities, including the formula, as well as: The scheme might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grow strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine with the exception of Jerusalem and the holy places into their own hands |
Weizmann had been asked to produce a in order to reduce the cost of production; the popular suggestion that this role influenced the decision to release the declaration has been described as "fanciful", a "legend", a "myth", and "a product of [Lloyd George's] imagination".
30| On the other hand, it was contemplated that when the time arrived for according representative institutions to Palestine, if the Jews had meanwhile responded to the opportunity afforded them by the idea of a national home and had become a definite majority of the inhabitants, then Palestine would thus become a Jewish Commonwealth | |
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| In late 1915 the , , with , in which he promised Hussein to recognize Arab independence "in the limits and boundaries proposed by the Sherif of Mecca" in return for Hussein launching a revolt against the Ottoman Empire | The Palestine Royal Commission — in making the first official proposal for partition of the region — referred to the requirements as "contradictory obligations", and that the "disease is so deep-rooted that, in our firm conviction, the only hope of a cure lies in a surgical operation" |
There was a very strong and enthusiastic organisation, more particularly in the United States, who were zealous in this matter, and his belief was that it would be of most substantial assistance to the Allies to have the earnestness and enthusiasm of these people enlisted on our side.
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