From The Legal Aspects of Jewish Rights to a National Home in Palestine: Between 1917 and 1947, thousands of Jews throughout the world left their homes and moved to Palestine because they heard that a future national home for the Jewish people was being established there. The “Mandate for Palestine,” an historic League of Nations document, laid down the Jewish legal right to settle...
The U.S. Congress in 1922, House Resolution 360
Here is how members of congress expressed their support for the creation of a National Home for the Jewish people in Palestine – Eretz-Israel (Selective text read from the floor of the U.S. Congress by the Congressman from New York on June 30, 1922). From Myths and Facts: On June 30, 1922, a joint resolution of both Houses of Congress of the United States unanimously endorsed the...
What happened in 1917? Who was Lord Rothschild? What was the Balfour Declaration?
What happened in 1917? Who was Lord Rothschild? What was the Balfour Declaration? Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1917, the British government gave final approval for the Balfour Declaration, calling for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in historic Israel. The declaration took the form of a letter from Arthur Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, to Lord Rothschild, who had once been a member of...