The Complete Diaries Of Theodor Herzl – Page 280
November 24 (1895)
[quote] Lunched at the home of Sir Samuel Montagu, M.P. A house of English elegance, in grand style. Sir Samuel, a splendid old chap, the best Jew I have met thus far. Kosher food, served by three liveried footmen. After lunch, in the smoking room, I expounded my case. I gradually roused him to enthusiasm. He confessed to me – in confidence – that he felt himself to be more an Israelite than an Englishman. He said he would settle in Palestine with his whole family. He has in mind a Greater Palestine rather than the old one. He will hear nothing of Argentina. He is ready to join our committee as soon as one of the Great Powers takes the matter seriously. I am to send him my pamphlet before its final publication.</blockquote>So the British Jew on whom the British bestowed such a high ranking position felt he was alien to Britain but not to Palestine? And he did not want the ‘old Palestine’ but Greater Israel. [End quote]
So the British Jew on whom the British bestowed such a high ranking position felt he was alien to Britain but not to Palestine? And he did not want the ‘old Palestine’ but Greater Israel?