While others received the declaration with rash excitement, their minds filling with the prospect of Britain fulfilling her promise, the majority of Zionist Jews were greatly disappointed by the actions of the British following the declaration. Among these people was Nahum Goldman, founder and president of the World Zionist Congress from 1948 to 1977, who wrote about that time- ‘Soon after the “honeymoon” that followed the Balfour Declaration, most Jews felt a deep dissatisfaction with British policy that varied in intensity according to party and temperament, but in effect dominated everything.’2

The Doubts and Delight of the Balfour Declaration

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