Resettling the Jews

Submitted by S. F. Adefajo (United Kingdom), Jul 20, 2006 at 14:26

Please, could you confirm the truth or falsehood of the myth - that Winston Churchill or any prominent British politician ever proposed that the Jews be resettled from Europe in east Africa, before they were eventually resettled in Palestine?

Thanks

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Daniel Pipes replies:

Yes, such ideas were brutted about, specifically about Uganda.