Balfour Declaration

https://www.rothschildarchive.org/family/family_interests/walter_rothschild_and_the_balfour_declaration

Beginning in 1916, the British hoped that in exchange for their support of Zionism, “the Jews” would help to finance the growing expenses of the First World War, which was becoming increasingly burdensome. More importantly, policy-makers in the Foreign Office believed that Jews could be prevailed upon to persuade the United States to join the War