United States and West German Aid to Israel (ص 9)
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- United States and West German Aid to Israel (ص 9)
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in Palestine, the whole under-taking would have been
impossible had not Britain sponsored the Zionist movement
at the end of the first World War and given it the opportu-
nity to establish a secure base in the country through the
Balfour Declaration and the Mandate». (2)
B — The World Zionist Movement, after Britain had
secured for it all the necessary conditions for the establish-
ment of their state, used in the Biltmore Programme of
1942, the term «state» instead of «home» to describe the
nature of their projected presence in Palestine. (3) The
Zionist programme also recognised that the centre of grav-
ity in world politics has shifted from Britain to the USS.
Thus, the Zionist leaders transferred much of their activ-
ities from London to New York and Washington. «The
full force of political Zionism had come to be concentrated
in the U.S. since Britain had proved intractable. It was
evident that only the militant leadership of American
Zionism could weight the scales in favour of the Zionists
once more.» (4)
C — In order to secure the establishment of the State
of Israel, the U.S. Government manouvered to fill the
«vacuum» resulting from the British withdrawal from
Palestine at the termination of the Mandate. N. Safran
states that Zionist efforts and favourable circumstances
helped the World Zionist Movement «to gain friends and
supporters elsewhere who helped to bring about the termi-
nation of Britain’s rule in Palestine and the establishment
of Israel. One of these friends was the United States.
American pressure on Britain immediately after the end of
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- المنشئ
- Abdul-Rahman, Asa'd
- عبد الرحمن، أسعد
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