5/28/2023 0 Comments Martin gilbert churchill books![]() ![]() ![]() He was an early supporter of Zionism and a lifelong friend of Chaim Weizmann, taking many unpopular positions and holding fast to the pledge made in the Balfour Declaration in the face of political opposition and general British anti-Semitism. From his father, Churchill inherited a close and comfortable relationship with Jews. ![]() “He was too fond of Jews.” From two different points of view, both Martin Gilbert - Winston Churchill’s official biographer - and Michael Makovsky- foreign policy director of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC - explore Churchill’s long and deep connection to Jews and to the Zionism that lies behind this remark, with extensive documentation. “Even Winston had a fault,” an old friend of Churchill’s told Martin Gilbert in 1969. ![]()
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