one of the members of this group was david ben goran, who later became the first at this time, prime minister esme, about 50,000 jews lived in palestine, that is, only 10 % of the population of half a million muslims and christians in this land. world war i ended in 1911 and the victorious powers prepared to divide the middle east according to the sykes-picot agreement. preparations were made for the 1919 paris peace conference. british prime minister lloyd george and foreign minister arthur balfour represented britain. a delegation from the zionist organization led by haim weizman also participated in this conference. arab regions under the rule of the ottoman empire between britain and france were divided, according to which palestine was the british share. in this meeting, they presented a plan to call the allotted area of ​​palestine the jewish land. in 1920, in a controversial decision, london appointed herbert samuel, a zionist, as the first british high commissioner for palestine. samuel was determined to turn palestine into a jewish land by emigrating jews. he passed at least