JEWISH REVIEW OF BOOKS
Lawrence of Judea: T. E. Lawrence and the Deal of the Twentieth Century
by Rick Richman
Spring 2020
…But T.E. Lawrence [of Arabia] also supported Zionism. He and Chaim Weizmann were close friends, and they held historic meetings and discussions about the Zionist goals. On January 3, 1919, Lawrence brokered an agreement between Faisal and Weizmann, weeks before the post–World War I Paris Peace Conference commenced. The Faisal-Weizmann agreement recognized the national aspirations of both Arabs and Jews and exchanged Arab support for the 1917 Balfour Declaration on Palestine for the promise of Zionist support for an Arab state beyond Palestine. At that time, Palestine comprised both the east and west banks of the Jordan River. READ MORE
