LEADER 02653nam 2200565 450 001 9910827673203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-87544-2 010 $a9786612875441 010 $a1-4411-6469-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055593 035 $a(EBL)601836 035 $a(OCoLC)676698429 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412460 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12172788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412460 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10367471 035 $a(PQKB)11171215 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601836 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309559 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309559 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518527 035 $a(OCoLC)1027206808 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055593 100 $a20180315h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBalfour and Weizmann $ethe Zionist, the zealot and the emergence of Israel /$fGeoffrey Lewis 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84725-040-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Maps and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Jew and Arab; 2 The Dream of Zion; 3 Arthur Balfour; 4 Chaim Weizmann; 5 'Uganda'; 6 England; 7 Palestine before the War; 8 Messianic Times; 9 Placating the French, inciting the Arabs; 10 First Steps to the Balfour Declaration; 11 The Turning Point; 12 It's a Boy!; 13 At the Threshold; 14 Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aOn November 2nd 1917 Arthur Balfour, then Foreign Secretary, wrote to Lord Rothschild to say that the British Government viewed with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. It was a statement the consequences of which have reverberated throughout the world in a crescendo of bitterness and violence ever since. It interposed a European (mainly Russian) Jewish cultural idea in an Arab land and it led eventually to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Eleven years before his declaration, Balfour had met the passionate Zionist and e?migre? chemist Chaim Weizmann while el 607 $aPalestine$xHistory$y1917-1948 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zPalestine 676 $a956.9404 700 $aLewis$b Geoffrey$f1929-$01683223 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827673203321 996 $aBalfour and Weizmann$94053874 997 $aUNINA