Theodor Herzl Diaries – Vol 2 – Page 711: (1898):
Discussed with Bodenheimer the demands we will make.
Area: from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates.
These European people known as the Ashkenazi do believe that the entire Middle Eastern region from the River Nile to the River Euphrates belongs to them and therefore they don’t understand why anybody is making a big deal when they are taking land here and there that they say belongs to them given to them by God.