The Lodge–Fish Resolution was a joint resolution of both houses of the

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that endorsed the British Mandate for Palestine. It was introduced in June 1922 by

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, a Republican New York Representative, and

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, a Republican Senator from Massachusetts. It came about following a significant lobbying effort by the American Zionist community, particularly through the efforts of Zionist Rabbi

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. It was opposed by the State Department; a prominent anti-Zionist rabbi at the congressional hearings; and the ''

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'', which was owned by the anti-Zionist Adolph Ochs. On September 21, 1922, US President

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signed the joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish National Home in Palestine, per the 1917 Balfour Declaration.Howard Grief, ''The Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel under International Law'', (Mazo Publishers, Jerusalem, 2008), p. 198.

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"Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people ''Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled''. That the United States of America favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which should prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected." talics in the original

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