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Tag: Chaim Weizmann

Will the real founders please stand up?

On August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 By Martin Kramer

The year is 1949. Cast your vote for a founder of Israel!

The Balfour Declaration and the “Jewish problem”

On October 31, 2019October 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

Chaim Weizmann threatened violence to keep the Balfour Declaration alive.

The rise of Israel in three acts

On May 8, 2019June 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

If Zionism were a play, these three would share the lead.

Israel’s founding fathers

On December 9, 2018March 10, 2019 By Martin Kramer

How did no fewer than three visionary geniuses arise to lead the Jews to restored national independence?

Israel’s first best friend

On November 6, 2017 By Martin Kramer

Did Stalin's Soviet Union midwife the birth of Israel?

Sykes-Picot and the Zionists

On May 22, 2016July 9, 2020 By Martin Kramer

The Arabs have a gripe with Sykes-Picot. In 1917, so did the Zionists.

Martin Kramer

I am a historian of the Middle East at Tel Aviv University, and research it at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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