"…it was not for light or sentimental reasons that Lord Balfour and the Government of 1917 made the promises to the Zionists which have been the cause of so much subsequent discussion. The influence of American Jewry was rated then as a factor of the highest importance, and we did not feel ourselves in such a strong position as to be able to treat it with indifference."- Martin Gilbert (2007) "Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship" p. 165
Samuel Landman was Solicitor and Secretary to the Zionist Organisation of the United Kingdom from 1917 to 1922. He wrote an essay on the origins of the Balfour Declaration, published in March 1936 as a pamphlet. The pamphlet is reproduced below, with links to a text form. Landman claims in this document that several attempts had been made to bring the USA into the World War by appealing to "influential Jewish opinion" but these had failed. It was determined that the only way to get the USA into the war on Britain's side was to secure the support of American Jewry. They achieved this with the promise of Allied support for a Jewish state in Palestine, in the form of the Balfour Declaration.
The little-known origins and history of the Balfour Declaration: The Landman Document
https://archive.is/zStzH or https://web.archive.org/web/20190421193 ... ndman.html
Great Britain, the Jews and Palestine - Samuel Landman (1936) - Transcribed by Peter Myers
https://archive.is/ryOKI or http://mailstar.net/landman.html
Recommended:
The Jewish Hand in the World Wars, Part 1
https://codoh.com/library/document/3209/
Roots of Present World Conflict: Zionist Machinations and Western Duplicity during World War I
https://codoh.com/library/document/3330/
Behind the Balfour Declaration: Britain's Great War Pledge To Lord Rothschild. The Meaning for Us
https://codoh.com/library/document/2137/
Benjamin Freedman & Jewish guilt for Germany's WWI defeat
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