@CWill err . . . the Germans, having said they expected the US to enter the war due to submarine warfare, and having been caught making preparations to wage war, suddenly decided that the real reason was due to the well known Balfour declaration based on absolutely nothing?

Also " Zionist leaders gave us a definite promise that, if the Allies committed themselves to…a national home for the Jews in Palestine, they would do their best to rally Jewish sentiment and support throughout the world to the Allied cause. They kept their word. "" I am unable to find this at all in the text of the report I got hold of. Can you supply a link by any chance?