Chapter 26 A Strange Letter Received by Rothschild

The postwar British redrawing of the military and economic map of the Ottoman Empire included a highly unusual new element, the creation of a Jewish homeland for the Jews in Palestine.The most unusual of these many and most influential proponents of "gentile Zionism" in Britain was Prime Minister Lloyd George. On November 2, 1917, in the darkest days of the First World War, due to the economic chaos in Russia, the Bolsheviks took power. On the one hand, Britain devoted all its forces to the European battlefield.British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Walter Rothschild, the representative of the British Zionist League:

Dear Lord Rothschild: It is my great pleasure to write to you on behalf of the British Government that we express our sympathy with the Zionist aspirations in the following statement, which was presented to the British Cabinet and approved: "The British To establish a state for the Jewish people, and will make every effort to achieve this. It is self-evident that there should be no discrimination in the civil and religious rights of any existing non-Jewish community in Palestine, and that in any other country the Jewish rights and political status.” I would appreciate it if you would convey this statement to the Zionist League.

your faithful arthur balfour This letter formed the basis for the League of Nations to authorize Britain to administer Palestine after 1919. Under the single-handed manipulation of the United Kingdom, the territorial partition that affects the world pattern is about to come out. The "existing non-Jewish community in Palestine" that Balfour and the British Cabinet casually referred to refers to the Palestinian Arabs who made up 85 percent of the population of the region, whereas in 1917 less than 1 percent of the Palestinian population was Jewish. It should be noted that this letter is an exchange between two good friends.Both Balfour and Rothschild were members of Britain's emerging imperialist faction.This group wanted to build a permanent global empire, a British Empire based on extortion and wanton slaughter.

Another notable fact is that Lord Rothschild was not the leader of any Jewish international organization, he was merely a member of the Zionist League in Britain (which he funded).The chairman of the Zionist League at the time was Chaim Weizmann.Since 1900, Jews who had emigrated to Palestine fleeing Poland and Russia had been funded by Rothschild through the Jewish Colonization Association (of which he was life president).The British were very generous when they used the land of other countries as favors. At the same time, the British did not open their doors and welcome the persecuted Jewish refugees.

But even more blatantly than the hypocrisy shown in the Balfour-Rothschild correspondence is the British 'Great Game' strategy behind Balfour's discourse.The location of the new Jewish homeland chosen by the British was not without significance.This is one of the most important strategic areas of the United Kingdom, guarding the strategic arteries of the British Empire after its expansion in 1914, and it is the throat to India and the Arab oil production areas that have just been seized from Ottoman-Turkey.When communicating with people in London, Balfour said that in the British protectorate, the settlement of the Jewish minority in Palestine will bring huge strategic opportunities to the UK.To Balfour and those in his circle, it was at least a closely guarded ruse.