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While Hertzel claimed that the establishment of a "Jewish" state would cure anti-Semitism, he also promoted anti-Semitism to further his cause.
Bio: http://www.nkusa.org/Historical_Documents/Herzl_quotes.cfm
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Theodor Hertzel: Father of Zionism
The term "Zionism" was first introduced in 1893 by Nathan Birmbaum, but Theodor Hertzel, an Austrian Jew born to a prosperous, emancipated Budapest family, is recognized as the founder of the Zionist idealogy when he published his book in 1896, "The Jewish State", where he declared that the cure for anti-semitism was the establishment of a Jewish state. As he saw it, the best place to establish this state was in Palestine.
While Hertzel claimed that the establishment of a "Jewish" state would cure anti-Semitism, he also promoted anti-Semitism to further his cause.
Bio: http://www.nkusa.org/Historical_Documents/Herzl_quotes.cfm
While Hertzel claimed that the establishment of a "Jewish" state would cure anti-Semitism, he also promoted anti-Semitism to further his cause.
Bio: http://www.nkusa.org/Historical_Documents/Herzl_quotes.cfm
Friday, October 8, 2010
The Balfor Declaration
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 (dated 2 November 1917) was a formal statement of policy by the British government stating that
"His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."[1]
The declaration was made in a letter from Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, a Zionist organization. The letter reflected the position of the British Cabinet, as agreed upon in a meeting on 31 October 1917. It further stated that the declaration is a sign of "sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations."
The statement was issued through the efforts of Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow, the principal Zionist leaders based in London; as they had asked for the reconstitution of Palestine as “the” Jewish national home, the declaration fell short of Zionist expectations.[2]
The "Balfour Declaration" was later incorporated into the Sèvres peace treaty with Turkey and the Mandate for Palestine. The original document is kept at the British Library.
The anniversary of the declaration, 2 November, is widely commemorated in Israel and among Jews in the Jewish diaspora as Balfour Day. This day is also observed as a day of mourning in Arab countries still today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917
"His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."[1]
The declaration was made in a letter from Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, a Zionist organization. The letter reflected the position of the British Cabinet, as agreed upon in a meeting on 31 October 1917. It further stated that the declaration is a sign of "sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations."
The statement was issued through the efforts of Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow, the principal Zionist leaders based in London; as they had asked for the reconstitution of Palestine as “the” Jewish national home, the declaration fell short of Zionist expectations.[2]
The "Balfour Declaration" was later incorporated into the Sèvres peace treaty with Turkey and the Mandate for Palestine. The original document is kept at the British Library.
The anniversary of the declaration, 2 November, is widely commemorated in Israel and among Jews in the Jewish diaspora as Balfour Day. This day is also observed as a day of mourning in Arab countries still today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917
Iraq-Israel Relations
ALWAYS been enemies. In other words, the US was doing Israel a favor by invading the country of their worst enemy, and Israel had much more to gain from it than US; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93Israel_relations
Studying the Creation of Israel
The Birth of the Idea ; http://countrystudies.us/israel/9.htm
Whilst the Balfour Declaration of 1917, following the expelling of the Ottoman (Turks) from the region, set up the principle for a national Homeland for the Jewish people, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917
nobody at that time could have foreseen the levels of persecution to occur in Post-Revolutionary Russia and National Socialist Germany during the 1930s. Palestine by international agreement would become a British Mandate in 1920 but by the 1930s the flow of Jewish immigrants was already giving cause for concern. An Arab revolt against the new arrivals required the commitment of Two British Divisions (One of which incidentally was commanded by a certain Bernard Law Montgomery) to maintain order, and in 1939 Great Britain was forced to place a limitation of the numbers of new Jewish immigrants and their land purchases.
At the end of the Second World War the flow of new immigrants (often illegal) became a flood as hundreds of thousands of displaced Jews from across Europe attempted to enter Palestine. The British government attempted to continue the pre-war quota limits (even going to the point of turning away boats crowded with new immigrants), however this only served to fuel Jewish violence against the Authorities.
In 1947, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan, UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES (who clearly didn’t want all these people to suddenly descend on their own shore with their “Commie” ideas) and faced with open conflict with the settlers, was forced to rescind the immigration controls which had been set in place by the British. The UNITED NATIONS recommended that Palestine be partitioned (a recommendation that was rejected by the Arabs) and in 1948 Great Britain surrendered her Mandate.
Whilst the Balfour Declaration of 1917, following the expelling of the Ottoman (Turks) from the region, set up the principle for a national Homeland for the Jewish people, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917
nobody at that time could have foreseen the levels of persecution to occur in Post-Revolutionary Russia and National Socialist Germany during the 1930s. Palestine by international agreement would become a British Mandate in 1920 but by the 1930s the flow of Jewish immigrants was already giving cause for concern. An Arab revolt against the new arrivals required the commitment of Two British Divisions (One of which incidentally was commanded by a certain Bernard Law Montgomery) to maintain order, and in 1939 Great Britain was forced to place a limitation of the numbers of new Jewish immigrants and their land purchases.
At the end of the Second World War the flow of new immigrants (often illegal) became a flood as hundreds of thousands of displaced Jews from across Europe attempted to enter Palestine. The British government attempted to continue the pre-war quota limits (even going to the point of turning away boats crowded with new immigrants), however this only served to fuel Jewish violence against the Authorities.
In 1947, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan, UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES (who clearly didn’t want all these people to suddenly descend on their own shore with their “Commie” ideas) and faced with open conflict with the settlers, was forced to rescind the immigration controls which had been set in place by the British. The UNITED NATIONS recommended that Palestine be partitioned (a recommendation that was rejected by the Arabs) and in 1948 Great Britain surrendered her Mandate.
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