Lodge–Fish Resolution

Lodge-Fish Resolution
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleJoint Resolution Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish People
Enacted bythe 67th United States Congress
EffectiveSeptember 21, 1922
Citations
Public law67-73
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate by Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) on June 30, 1922
  • Passed the House on  (passed voice vote)
  • Passed the Senate on  
  • Agreed to by the House on   and by the Senate on (agreed)
  • Signed into law by President Warren G. Harding on September 21, 1922

The Lodge–Fish Resolution[1] was a joint resolution of both houses of the US Congress that endorsed the British Mandate for Palestine.[2][3][4] It was introduced in June 1922 by Hamilton Fish III, a Republican New York Representative, and Henry Cabot Lodge, a Republican Senator from Massachusetts.[5]

It came about following a significant lobbying effort by the American Zionist community, particularly through the efforts of Zionist Rabbi Simon Glazer.[5] It was opposed by the State Department; a prominent anti-Zionist rabbi at the congressional hearings; and The New York Times, which was owned by the anti-Zionist Adolph Ochs.[5]

On September 21, 1922, US President Warren G. Harding signed the joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish National Home in Palestine, per the 1917 Balfour Declaration.[6][5]

Text

The full text is as follows:

"Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the United States of America favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which should prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected." [italics in the original]

Bibliography

  • Brecher, Frank W. (1987). "Woodrow Wilson and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict". American Jewish Archives. 39 (1): 23–47.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned (1968). "Woodrow Wilson and the Balfour Declaration". The Journal of Modern History. 40 (4): 501–523. doi:10.1086/240237. JSTOR 1878450. S2CID 144175738.
  • Medoff, Rafael (2002). Jewish Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-314-8.

References

  1. ^ Lodge-Fish Resolution, Pub. L. 67–73, September 21, 1922, 42 Stat. 1012.
  2. ^ Lebow 1968, p. 501.
  3. ^ 67th Congress, H.J.Res. 322; pdf
  4. ^ Brecher 1987.
  5. ^ a b c d Medoff 2002, pp. 215–216.
  6. ^ Howard Grief, The Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel under International Law, (Mazo Publishers, Jerusalem, 2008), p. 198.