United States and West German Aid to Israel (ص 11)
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- United States and West German Aid to Israel (ص 11)
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in the Near East composed of foreign and strong people in
order to separate its African from its Asian part. (7)
By that time, the World Zionist Movement had com-
pleted a quarter of a century of its political activities, aimed
at the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. As
indicated above, Zionist aims corresponded closely to the
interests of the colonial powers. Herzl pointed to this
meeting of interest in a letter sent to Lord Salsbury,
Prime Minister of Britain at that time, in which he
said: «with the present situation of the world, one dominated
by the Russo-French entente, a partition of Turkey would
put England at a serious disadvantage. For England such
a partition would be a loss now, therefore she must desire
the status quo. It can be preserved only if Turkey’s finances
are straightened out.
«Now, there is a method of straightening out Turkish
finances and thus preserving the status quo for a while
longer and at the same time of creating a new route to In-
dia, the shortest one for England. And all this without Eng-
land’s having to layout a penny or commiting herself visi-
bly any where.
«This method is the creation of an autonomous Jewish
vassal in Palestine under the suzerainty of the Sultan...
England’s advantages would be that a rail road would
immediately be built across Palestine from the Mediter-
ranean to the Persian Gulf, or connecting with the railroad,
soon made necessary by communication needs, through
Persia and Bluchistan (possibly Afghanistan) to India. Eng-
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- المنشئ
- Abdul-Rahman, Asa'd
- عبد الرحمن، أسعد
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