Summary
British Secretary of State for the Colonies in the early Mandate years in Banko’s account, a close friend of Chaim Weizmann and an advocate of arrangements that shaped Palestinian nationality legislation (The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947, PDF p.43, p.55).
Details
- In 1921 Churchill noted that 90 per cent of the British officials in Palestine, at that time closely aligned with the Foreign Office, opposed the Zionist policy of the local administration headed by Herbert Samuel (PDF p.40 / printed p.29).
- Control of the civil administration of Palestine was transferred in 1921 to the Colonial Office, where Churchill was Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time Weizmann’s influence on nationality discussions is described (PDF p.42-43 / printed p.31-32).
- As colonial secretary, Churchill advocated that Palestine be included as one of the territories listed as compliant with Article 125 of the Treaty of Sèvres, a listing that barred Arabs of Syria or Iraq from opting for Palestinian nationality (PDF p.55 / printed p.44).
Related pages
The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship, 1918–1947, Chaim Weizmann, Treaty of Sèvres, Herbert Samuel