Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Proposals presented to the 1919 Paris Conference. The Zionist Organization respectfully submits the following draft resolutions for the consideration of the 1919 Peace Conference:

Third day of February Nineteen hundred and nineteen
Third day of Adar Five thousand six hundred and seventy nine.


Proposals presented to the 1919 Paris Conference.

The Zionist Organization respectfully submits the following draft resolutions for the consideration of the 1919 Peace Conference:


1. The High Contracting Parties recognize the historic title of the Jewish people to Palestine and the right of the Jews to reconstitute in Palestine their National Home.
The Boundaries of Palestine-Israel
SCHEDULE
The boundaries of Palestine shall follow the general lines set out below:
Starting on the North al a point on the Mediterranean Sea in the vicinity South of Sidon and following the watersheds of the foothills of the Lebanon as far as JISR EL KARAON, thence to EL BIRE following the dividing line between the two basins of tile WAD: EL Kook and the Wadi ET TEIM thence in a southerly direction following the dividing line between the Eastern and Western slopes of the HERMON, to the vicinity West of BEIT JENN, thence Eastward following the northern watersheds of the NAHR MUGHANIYE close to and west of the Hedjaz Railway
In the East a line close to and West of the Hedjaz Railway terminating in the Gulf of Akaba.
In the South a frontier to be agreed upon with the Egyptian Government.
In the West the Mediterranean Sea.



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