| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 203 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Jew and Arab -- The dream of Zion -- Arthur Balfour -- Chaim Weizmann -- "Uganda" -- England -- Palestine before the war -- Messianic times -- Placating the French, inciting the Arabs -- First steps to the Balfour Declaration -- The turning point -- It's a boy! -- At the threshold |
| Summary |
On November 2nd 1917 Arthur Balfour, then Foreign Secretary, wrote to Lord Rothschild to say that the British Government viewed with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. It was a statement the consequences of which have reverberated throughout the world in a crescendo of bitterness and violence ever since. It interposed a European (mainly Russian) Jewish cultural idea in an Arab land and it led eventually to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Eleven years before his declaration, Balfour had met the passionate Zionist and émigré chemist Chaim Weizmann while el |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930.
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Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952.
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Balfour, Arthur J. |
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Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930. |
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Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952. |
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Weizmann, Chaim. |
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Balfour Declaration.
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Balfour Declaration. |
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Zionism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Balfour-Deklaration
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Diplomatic relations.
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HISTORY.
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Zionism.
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Zionismus
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Zionismus.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1936.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Palestine
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Palestine -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
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Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948.
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Great Britain.
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Middle East -- Palestine.
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Palästina
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1441164693 |
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9781441164698 |
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