Lionel Walter Rothschild

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled

show source

Born	1868-02-08
Died	1937-08-27
Father	Nathan Mayer “Natty” Rothschild

Zionist descendent of German-Jewish Rothschild banking family.

timeline

Balfour Declaration of 1917 1917-11-02

show source

A letter from Arthur Balfour to Walter Rothschild stating that the Zionist Federation had support from British royalty in creating a Palestine state for Jews.

Letter:
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet
“His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object. it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country”
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation

Eternal peace is a dream --and not even a beautiful one. War is part of God's world-order. Within it unfold the noblest virtues of men, courage and renunciation, loyalty to duty and readiness for sacrifice--at the hazzard of one's life. Without war the world would sink into a swamp of materialism. Further, I wholly agree with the principle stated in the preface that the gradual progress in morality must also be reflected in the waging of war. But I go farther and believe that [waging war] in and of itself--not a codification of the law of war--may attain this goal.
-Helmuth von Moltke