ABSTRACT
The omission of the term 'national' from 'Home for the Jewish people' and making the right of Jewish immigration subordinate to the 'interests of the present population' were interpreted by the Zionists as an attempt to obscure the political weight of the Declaration and to diminish British support of the Zionist cause. Although there is no reason to conclude that the British-Zionist Conference on immigration directly damaged the prospects of an Arab-Zionist agreement, nevertheless the success of the first and the failure of the latter had a very significant effect on immigration policy. Turning to the immigration policy, the Statement declared that 'it is necessary that the Jewish Community in Palestine should be able to increase its numbers by immigration'. Despite the rejection of the White Paper by the House of Lords, Churchill succeeded in gaining a decisive majority on Government policy in Palestine in the House of Commons.
