“When it is asked what is meant by the development of the Jewish
National Home in Palestine, it may be answered that it is not the
imposition of a Jewish nationality upon the inhabitants of Palestine as a
whole, but the further development of the existing Jewish community,
with the assistance of Jews in other parts of the world, in order that
it may become a centre in which the Jewish people as a whole may take,
on grounds of religion and race, an interest and a pride. But in order
that this community should have the best prospect of free development
and provide a full opportunity for the Jewish people to display its
capacities, it is essential that it should know that it is in Palestine
as of right and not on sufferance.”
Winston Churchill
British Secretary of State for the Colonies
June 1922
Winston Churchill
British Secretary of State for the Colonies
June 1922
