2025-06-28 23:00 <br/> Tags: #EarlyZionism #organization #Yishuv ![[image-27.png|496x357]] *The ZC in Palestine - 1918* # Zionist Commission - The Zionist Commission for Palestine was organized in 1918 on the momentum of the [[Balfour Declaration]]. - The ZC was set up to send a group to Palestine and survey the situation. - [[Chaim Weizmann]], the chair of the ZC traveled to Palestine and met with Emir Feisal of the Ottoman Empire to discuss a Jewish settlement (this was happening as the British and Ottomans are at war). - After Weizmann becomes the head of the [[World Zionist Organization]] in 1920, [[Menachem Ussishkin]] becomes the chair of the ZC. - The ZC represented the [[World Zionist Organization]] in Palestine until 1921. - In 1921 the ZC becomes the [[Palestine Zionist Executive]]. - The Zionist Executive fulfilled Article 4 of the British Mandate, which called for a "Jewish Agency" to act as a governing body. - [[Chaim Weizmann]] led the Zionist Executive until 1929. - [[Ze'ev Jabotinsky]] was elected to the Zionist Executive Council in 1921, resigning in 1923 for ideological purposes. #### References - **“Zionist Commission.”** _Wikipedia_, accessed June 28, 2025, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_Commission).