They considered that they were to be handed over to an oppression which they hated far more than the Turk's and were aghast at the thought of this domination | Enduring Controversies in Military History: Critical Analyses and Context |
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He told the commission that the declaration was made "due to propagandist reasons | , : HC Deb 04 July 1922 vol 156 cc221—343 outcome of the vote cc343• When asked in 1922 what was meant by the development of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, Churchill replied, "it may be answered that it is not the imposition of a Jewish nationality upon the inhabitants of Palestine as a whole, but the further development of the existing Jewish community |
The Vatican and Zionism:Conflict in the Holy Land, 1895—1925.
19According to historian Norman Rose, the chief architects of the declaration contemplated that a would emerge in time while the concluded that the wording was "the outcome of a compromise between those Ministers who contemplated the ultimate establishment of a Jewish State and those who did not | The French position in regard to Palestine and the wider during the lead up to the Balfour Declaration was largely dictated by the terms of the Sykes-Picot Agreement and was complicated from 23 November 1915 by increasing French awareness of the British discussions with the Sherif of Mecca |
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To Cardinal Gasquet he admitted the change of his views on Zionism, and that he was determined to qualify, guide and, if possible, save the dangerous situation which was rapidly arising | Lloyd George stated in his testimony to the Palestine Royal Commission: "The idea was, and this was the interpretation put upon it at the time, that a Jewish State was not to be set up immediately by the Peace Treaty without reference to the wishes of the majority of the inhabitants |
The Roumanians had been crushed.
24His Majesty's Government will use its best endeavours to secure the achievement of this object and will discuss the necessary methods and means with the Zionist Organisation | It called our representatives in Germany together and tried to explain to them that the German government would have eventually done the same thing, but that it could not because of its alliance with Turkey, which compelled it to move slowly in the matter |
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Broader Arab response In the broader Arab world, the declaration was seen as a betrayal of the British wartime understandings with the Arabs | Donald Lewis writes: "It is the contention of this work that only by understanding [Christian philosemitism and Christian Zionism] can one make sense of the religious and cultural influences that worked together to create a climate of opinion among the political elite in Britain that was well disposed to the Balfour Declaration |
It is to be feared that there will be a conflict between them and the other races.
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