Tag Archives: Rothschild

The Balfour Declaration

Posted on August 6, 2020 by admin

It is no exaggeration that the history of Israel/Palestine for the last hundred years has turned on the seminal Balfour Declaration of November 1917. Loved and loathed in equal measure, this was the letter that changed the future. The following … Continue reading →

Posted in Balfour Declaration, Historical, Key Documents | Tagged 1917, Balfour, Balfour Declaration, Christian Zionism, Palestine, Rothschild, Zionism | Comments Off

War cabinet minutes leading to the Balfour Declaration, 1917

Posted on September 3, 2014 by admin

On November 9th 1917 the Times published the minutes of the 4 War Cabinet meetings where, what became known as the Balfour Declaration, was discussed. They had before them the document produced by the Zionist Organisation on July 18th 1917 … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical, Pre-Balfour Declaration | Tagged 1917, Balfour Declaration, Lloyd George, Lord Curzon, Lord Milner, Montagu, Palestine, Rothschild, War Cabinet Minutes, Zionist movement | Comments Off

Evaluating the Balfour Declaration: Breaking the Deadlock in the Middle East

Posted on July 9, 2013 by admin

A one day conference exploring the different legacies of the Balfour Declaration and how a greater understanding of history can contribute to justice and peace in the Middle East today was held in Winchester University on May 18th 2013. Over … Continue reading →

Posted in Balfour Declaration, Events, Past | Tagged anti-semitism, Balfour, Balfour Declaration, Christian Zionism, Curzon, Herzl, Lloyd George, Lord Curzon, Middle East, Rothschild, Sykes Picot | Comments Off

Balfour and Palestine, a legacy of deceit, by Anthony Nutting

Posted on July 8, 2013 by admin

Anthony Nutting resigned from Anthony Eden’s government when he found Eden was going into Suez. Writing around 1975, he reflects on Doreen Ingram’s book “The Palestine Papers: 1917-1922: Seeds of Conflict”. The papers in this book made clear that during … Continue reading →

Posted in Pre-Balfour Declaration | Tagged 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, Balfour Declaration, Edwin Montagu, Lord Curzon, Rothschild, Sykes | Comments Off

Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present (British) Government

Posted on October 22, 2012 by admin

Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present (British) Government – Submitted to the British Cabinet, August, 1917 I have chosen the above title for this memorandum, not in any hostile sense, not by any means as quarrelling … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical, Pre-Balfour Declaration | Tagged 1917, anti-semitism, assimilationist, Balfour, Jew, Jewish Legion, Montagu, Palestine, Rothschild, Russian Jews, Zionism | Comments Off

Short biographies by Mary Grey

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

The War Cabinet (WW1) The creation of the War Cabinet undertook the supreme direction of the war effort. It was composed of David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, Andrew Bonar Law, Lord Nathaniel Curzon, Alfred Milner, Arthur Henderson and Sir … Continue reading →

Posted in Biographies | Tagged 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, Allenby, Asquith, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, Clayton, Curzon, First World War, Grey, Herbert, Hussein Ibn Ali, Lawrence, Lloyd George, McMahon, Milner, Montagu, Montifiore, Picot, Rothschild, Sacher, Samuel, Sokolow, Storrs, Sykes, Sykes Picot, Talaat Pasha, Weizmann, Wolf, Zaharoff | Comments Off

The Balfour Declaration and its Consequences by Avi Shlaim

Posted on January 4, 2012 by admin

Occasionally there are topics that have been written about at such length that it helps to clear the air, or to establish the vantage point from which I intend to consider my subject. My aim therefore is to take a … Continue reading →

Posted in Balfour Declaration, Current Positions, Post-Mandate Period, Pre-Balfour Declaration | Tagged 1917, Ba, Balfour Declaration, Herzl, Lloyd George, McMahon, McMahon Hussain, Middle East, Palestine, Picot, Rothschild, Samuel, Sykes, Sykes Picot, Zionism | Comments Off