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Take Away Phrases from important readings!

__Balfour Declaration__: -The Balfour Declaration is littered with ambiguous statements that allow Britain to secure trust in the Zionists to support them in WWI, yet allow Britain to deny help to the Jewish people after the war.
 * "The establishment **in Palestine** of a national home for Jewish people" - Where in Palestine? The whole state of Palestine or just a part of it? This ambiguous statement raised many questions. The Zionist believed it to mean that they would gain control of all of Palestine and make it a Jewish State, while others believed it to mean that the Jewish people would simply become residents in that area along with other existing Arabs.
 * "**best endeavors**" - What does this mean? Will Britain use all of its money, supplies, and man power to make a Jewish state, or will they do very little to help the Jewish people to establish a home land?

__McMahon-Hussein Correspondence-__ October 24, 1915 -Throughout the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence stretching from 1916-1917 very little is actually said. For the most part McMahons letters are attempts to persuade Arab support and thus filled with empty promises and ambiguous statements that allow for terms in the letters to be ignored.
 * "**firm and lasting alliance**" - MacMahon uses this statement to improve Sharif Husseins confidence in himself and Britain. The "firm and lasting alliance" only lasts until after the war is over and then Britain goes against its "promise" of Arab land. Shows the contradictions in Britain's promises.

Coming Soon: Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State)