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Steve Rothman: “That is when England said after World War I, we want to, just as we are giving Arabia to the Saud family and we are…”

On the recordApril 17, 2002
That is when England said after World War I, we want to, just as we are giving Arabia to the Saud family and we are giving Jordan to the Hussein family and creating all these countries, we think there should be a Jewish homeland in this area of the world, which the British owned by virtue of getting it as in the spoils of war after World War I, taking it from the Turks.
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Steve Rothman
New Jersey

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Discussing the historical context of the establishment of a Jewish homeland after World War I.

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