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108 Dr. John Coleman
years. But by 1914 they had not made progress toward their goal,
at least none worthy of mention. Zionism was no nearer to its
often-stated goal of a Jewish State in Palestine than Herzl had
been in 1897. According to the Congressional Records and
papers in the British Museum, plus the War Memoirs of Robert
Lansing, the American ambassador to London, and the writing of
Ramsey McDonald, the First World War provided a golden
opportunity for the furthering of the Herzl dream of a Zionist
state in Palestine. Lansing pushed for America to enter WWI in
1915 and in pressuring Wilson, House, acting for the Rothschilds,
joined him. Pressures on Wilson were enormous and the United
States entered the war in Europe against the wishes of 87 percent
of the American people.
The impression has always been given by establishment
historians that a vast majority of Jews favored the establishment
of a "Homeland for the Jews" in Palestine. Through a good deal
of research I found this to be much of an exercise in propaganda.
Actually, in Russia and Britain, there was not inconsiderable
opposition to the idea from religious Jews who believed no such
homeland could be established until after the return of their
Messiah.
To blunt the attitude of religious Jews, Weisman made a
speech in London on May 20, 1917 in which he asserted, that he
knew that the British government was prepared to support Zionist
plans for Palestine.
Of course he was not officially entitled to make such a
claim, but no doubt knowing that the power and prestige of Lord
Rothschild would more than likely carry the day, he did so,
anyway. The anti-Zionist religious Jewish opposition under the
direction of Claude Montefiore of the famous Montefiore Jewish
dynasty was extremely upset, especially as Weizman had referred
to religious Jews as "a small minority."
According to A History of Zionism, a letter, signed by
Montefiore and David Alexander, the presidents of the British
Board of Deputies was sent to the London Times