may 23, 1917 - Brandeis to Rothschild cable (De Haas Archives), May 23, 1917 Both Balfour and Wilson agreed, Brandeis wrote, that Britain should exercise a protectorate in Palestine for the Jews: an Anglo-American condominium for Palestine-hinted at by Colonel House and suggested in both the British and the American press-hardly seemed likely. The only question was the timing of a public declaration.

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Brandeis to Rothschild cable (De Haas Archives), May 23, 1917 Both Balfour and Wilson agreed, Brandeis wrote, that Britain should exercise a protectorate in Palestine for the Jews: an Anglo-American condominium for Palestine-hinted at by Colonel House and suggested in both the British and the American press-hardly seemed likely. The only question was the timing of a public declaration.

Woodrow Wilson and the Balfour Declaration by Richard Ned Lebow, The City College of the City University of New York pg. 508

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