Quotation from Henry John Temple “Under our protection, they would… bring with them much wealth.” — Nov. 25 1840
Lord Palmerston, then Foreign Secretary, drew the consequences of British military successes against Egypt, from Beirut to Gaza: Palestine was to be opened up to Jewish colonization.
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"Pray try to do what you can about these Jews; you have no idea to what extent the interest felt about them goes; it would be extremely politic [if we could make] the Sultan give them every encouragement and facility for returning and buying lands in Palestine; and if they were allowed to make use of our consuls & ambassador as the channel of complaint, that is to say, place themselves virtually under our protection, they would come back in considerable numbers, and bring with them much wealth.
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Broadlands Archive: Lord Palmerston to Lord Ponsonby, 25 November 1840, GC/PO/755-769.
Quoted in Andreas Malm The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth.
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