He argued, if Jews were forced by external pressure to form a nation, they could lead a normal existence only through concentration in one territory. Upon the outbreak of World War I, political Zionism reasserted itself, and its leadership passed to Russian Jews living in England. Two such Zionists, Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow, were instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration from Great Britain, which promised British support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine. The declaration was included in Britain’s League of Nations mandate over
He argued, if Jews were forced by external pressure to form a nation, they could lead a normal existence only through concentration in one territory. Upon the outbreak of World War I, political Zionism reasserted itself, and its leadership passed to Russian Jews living in England. Two such Zionists, Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow, were instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration from Great Britain, which promised British support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine. The declaration was included in Britain’s League of Nations mandate over