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Richard attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and wasGeneral Edmund Allenby's Chief Political Officer, involved in the creation of the Palestine Mandate, which eventually led to the creation of Israel. |
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In 1948, Richard was in Palestine. He stole the weapons and uniform of a British soldier and joined a group of Jewish terrorists who were fighting the Palestinians. |
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On 3 December 1947, four days after the UN voted in favour of partition in Palestine, Dr Chaim Weizmann, the modern State of Israel's first president, cabled |
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Col. Richard Meinertzhagen to say, “To you dear friend we owe so much that I can only express it in simple words - May God Bless You”. |
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Richard wrote in his book, Middle East Diary,“But thank God I have lived to see the birth of Israel. It is one of the greatest historical events of the last 2,000 years |
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and thank God I have been privileged to assist in a small way this great event which, I am convinced, will bring benefit to mankind” |
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Brian Garfield's 2007 book The Meinertzhagen Mystery shows that Richard was a liar and a charlatan. |
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19 oktober 1905 ?(Leeftijd 27)? Shot a Nandi spiritual leader Koitalel Arap Samoei while shaking his hand during peace negotiations |
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mei 1906 ?(Leeftijd 28)? Sent back to Britain by the Colonial department of the War Office as a 'negative symbol' |
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1917 ?(Leeftijd 38)? Intelligence officer for Sir Edmund Allenby with the British army in Palestine |
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1917 ?(Leeftijd 38)? Intelligence officer for Sir Edmund Allenby with the British army in Palestine |