The Balfour Declaration:
A Watershed in the History of the Zionist Movement

Appendices: Documents for Activities

by Nili Kadary

Appendices to Activities

Appendix 1a

[...]

     His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in
     Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use
     their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object,
     it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may
     prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish
     communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed
     by Jews in any other country."

[...]

Appendix 1b

     "His Majesty's Government, after considering the aims of the Zionist
     organization, accept the principle of recognizing Palestine as
     the National Home of the Jewish people [...]

     "His Majesty's Government regard as essential for the realization of
     this principle the grant of internal autonomy [...], freedom of
     immigration for Jews and the establishmen of a Jewish National
     Colonizing Corporation for the re-establishment and economic
     development of the country.

     "The conditions and forms of the internal autoomy and a Charter for
     the Jewish National Colonizing Corporation should [...] be elaborated
     in detail and determined with the representatives of the Zionist
     Organization."

Appendix 2

You are a group of Jewish journalists [media correspondents] which has followed closely the diplomatic negotiations led by the Zionist Organization, headed by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, with the British government.

The final document has just been handed to you. Prepare a front-page editorial expressing your view on the significance of the Balfour Declaration for the future of the Zionist movement.

Appendix 3

You are a group of Arab journalists [media correspondents] which has been following with trepidation the diplomatic negotiations led by the Zionist Organization, headed by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, with the British government.

In your front-page editorial, as journalists who represent the interests of the Arab national movement, express your views on the document which recognizes the Jewish right to a "national home."

Appendix 4

You are a group of British journalsts [media correspondents] which has followed closely the diplomatic negotiations between the Zionist Organization, headed by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, and the British government.

In your front-page editorial, you assess the implications of the Balfour Declaration - both in terms of the right of the Jews to a national home, and, more particularly, in terms of British interests in the Near East.

Editor: Yossi Pnini; Gila Ansell Brauner (Internet version)
Internet Version: The Pedagogic Center

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