In 1917 Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild was the addressee of the Balfour Declaration to the Zionist Federation,[30] which committed the British government to the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.

After the death of James Jacob de Rothschild in 1868, Alphonse Rothschild, his oldest son, who took over the management of the family bank, was the most active in support for Eretz Israel.[31]

The Rothschild family archives show that during the 1870s the family contributed nearly 500,000 francs per year on behalf of Eastern Jewry to the Alliance Israélite Universelle.[32] Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, James Jacob de Rothschild's youngest son was a patron of the first settlement in Palestine at Rishon-LeZion, and bought from Ottoman landlords parts of the land which now makes up present-day Israel.

In 1924, he established the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), which acquired more than 125,000 acres (22,36 km²) of land and set up business ventures.[33]

In Tel Aviv, he has a road, Rothschild Boulevard, named after him as well as various localities throughout Israel which he assisted in founding including Metulla, Zikhron Ya'akov, Rishon Lezion, and Rosh Pina. A park in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, the Parc Edmond de Rothschild (Edmond de Rothschild Park) is also named after its founder.[34]

The Rothschilds also played a significant part in the funding of Israel's governmental infrastructure.

James A. de Rothschild financed the Knesset building as a gift to the State of Israel[35] and the Supreme Court of Israel building was donated to Israel by Dorothy de Rothschild.[36] Outside the President's Chamber is displayed the letter Mrs. Rothschild wrote to the then current Prime Minister Shimon Peres expressing her intention to donate a new building for the Supreme Court.[37]

lets not forget that di is apparently on record as thinking we are all a bunch of "fucking wankers". am sure thats what : said anyway.

dubmeup wrote:
Yes, but not me.

I haven't got a willy.

ETA: There is a lot DI says that is "disinformation" (i.e., just stuff he made up and made money from). A great number of his "theories" stem from what other people told him and have no substance to them whatsoever. The longer I've stayed away from his ideas, the more clearly I can see the rubbish he spouts.

I have always been a bit dubious of DI and Alex Jones too.

silvershine wrote: Oddly enough I've heard the same said about you.

Maybe karen told him...but thats just a guess from me.

karen was Down the Left Hand Path somewhere, last time I ever saw her.

lets not forget that di is apparently on record as thinking we are all a bunch of "fucking wankers". am sure thats what said anyway.

Who? and who?

silvershine wrote:
Dont worry about it, it was just some rich bitch that i recently asked to buy me a Ferrari California.

Last time i drove a rag ferrari was '97 so i couldnt help but ask.

Besides, you seem much nicer than karen anyway...even with that facial growth...its nothing a gillette or three cant fix so im not fussed about it.