north africa, the middle east, and our trade roots to our colonies and other parts of the world, and napolian was the first world ruler in 2000 years to promise the jews a homeland in palestine. because he wanted uh the wealthy jewish bankers to back his war effort against the british, so he set the price on palestine, he was unable to deliver, but by the 1820s, british politicians were recognizing the need to secure uh the support of the jewish community to help defeat the french and then eventually the the germans to control palestine, because palestine. the the bridge, if you like, between the continents, so the race was to control palestine, so it was, it was driven by some who were phyosemitic, genuinely loved the jewish people and felt the... should be returned to the land of their their origins um in fulfillment of bible prophecy, but the anti semitic element was either implicit or explicit. implicit in the sense that they were a tool of british colonialism. the belful declaration promised the jews a homeland in the british empire, it didn't promise them a state, didn't promise them in