Deklarasi Balfour: Perbedaan antara revisi

[[File:Future of Palestine Herbert Samuel memorandum 1915 CAB 37 123 43.jpg|thumb|left|''[[TheMasa FutureDepan of PalestinePalestina]]'', memorandum kabinet Herbert Samuel, sebagaimana tercantum dalam risalah rapat kabinet Inggris Raya (CAB 37/123/43), per 21 Januari 1915]]

Usaha-usaha politik Chaim Weizmann mengalami kemajuan pesat.{{efn|group=qt|name=Weiz1|Memurut memoir Weizmann: "Masuknya Turki ke kancah peperangan dan penjabaran Perdana Menteri dalam pidatonya di Balai Gilda merupakan dorongan tambahan yang mempercepat usaha penjajakan... An opportunity offered itself to discuss the Jewish problems with Mr. C.&nbsp;P. Scott (Editor of the Manchester Guardian)… Mr.&nbsp;Scott, who has, I believe, given the whole problem a very careful and sympathetic attention, was good enough to promise that he would talk to Mr.&nbsp;Lloyd George on the subject... As it happened, Mr.&nbsp;Lloyd George, having several engagements for the week suggested that I should see Tuan Herbert Samuel, and an interview took place di kantornya. [Footnote: 10&nbsp;Dec. 1914]"{{sfn|Weizmann|1983|p=122}}}} Pada tanggal 10 Desember 1914, ia berjumpa dengan [[Herbert Samuel]], anggota kabinet Inggris Raya dan seorang Yahudi sekuler yang sudah mengkaji Sionisme.<!--{{sfn|Huneidi|2001|pp=79–81}} Herbert Samuel yakin bahwa tuntutan-tuntutan Chaim Weizmann terlampau bersahaja.{{efn|group=qt|Weizmann's memoirs: "He believed that my demands were too modest, that big things would have to be done in Palestine; he himself would move and would expect Jewry to move immediately the military situation was cleared up... The Jews would have to bring sacrifices and he was prepared to do so. At this point I ventured to ask in which way the plans of Mr.&nbsp;Samuel were more ambitious than mine. Mr.&nbsp;Samuel preferred not to enter into a discussion of his plans, as he would like to keep them 'liquid', but he suggested that orang Yahudi would have to build jalur-jalur kereta api, pelabuhan-pelabuhan, sebuah universitas, jaringan persekolahan, dan lain-lain... He also thinks that perhaps the Temple may be rebuilt, as a symbol of Jewish unity, of course, in a modernised form."{{sfn|Weizmann|1983|p=122b}}}} Dua hari kemudian, Chaim Weizmann sekali lagi bertatap muka dengan Arthur Balfour sesudah pertemuan pertama mereka pada tahun 1905; Balfour had been out of government ever since his electoral defeat in 1906, but remained a senior member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in their role as [[Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom)|Official Opposition]].{{efn|group=qt|Again from Weizmann's memoirs: "On the suggestion of Baron James, I went to see Sir Philip Magnus with whom I had a lengthy conversation, and he expressed his willingness to cooperate, provided that great discretion was used... I asked Sir Philip his opinion of the advisability of seeing Mr.&nbsp;Balfour, and he thought that an interview with Mr.&nbsp;Balfour would be of very great interest and value... At one of my visits to London I wrote to Mr.&nbsp;Balfour and got an appointment with him on Saturday the same week at 12&nbsp;o'clock in his house.[Footnote: 12&nbsp;Dec. 1914] I spoke to him practically in the same strain as I did to Mr.&nbsp;Samuel, but the whole turn of our conversation was more academic than practical."{{sfn|Weizmann|1983|p=126}}}}