rameshgupta, 6 months ago @paninid @chiraag Bulk of the thread by @chiraag blamed #Jews unilaterally, and you seemed to go along with it. If you want to recant now, I'm not going to quibble — We all make mistakes 🙂 The #British rejected #Zionism in 1913 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111468900312146738 The idea gained traction only because of surprise entry of #Turkey in #WWI. Even after #BalfourDeclaration, #Britain offered Turkey an opportunity to stave it off because winning WWI was more important than Zionism. Turkey still refused!
@paninid @chiraag
Bulk of the thread by @chiraag blamed #Jews unilaterally, and you seemed to go along with it.
If you want to recant now, I'm not going to quibble — We all make mistakes 🙂
The #British rejected #Zionism in 1913 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111468900312146738
The idea gained traction only because of surprise entry of #Turkey in #WWI.
Even after #BalfourDeclaration, #Britain offered Turkey an opportunity to stave it off because winning WWI was more important than Zionism. Turkey still refused!