agreement was drawn up by an english politician named sir mark sykes and a french diplomat named francois jour picot. the saxe-picot agreement effectively paved the way for the establishment of a jewish state in palestine. in 1970, british prime minister lloyd george promised to establish a homeland for the jews. this commitment in the form of one month after the publication of the balfour declaration on december 11, 1977, jerusalem was captured. along with general b, the jewish company that was created under the british brigade also entered the city. 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 or