Lodge–Fish Resolution

Lodge-Fish Resolution
Long title	Joint Resolution Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish People
Enacted by	the 67th United States Congress
Effective	September 21, 1922
Citations
Public law	67-73
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate by Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) on June 30, 1922; Passed the House on (passed voice vote); Passed the Senate on ; Agreed to by the House on and by the Senate on (agreed); Signed into law by President Warren G. Harding on September 21, 1922;

The Lodge–Fish Resolution was a joint resolution of both houses of the US Congress that endorsed the British Mandate for Palestine. It was introduced in June 1922 by Hamilton Fish III, a Republican New York Representative, and Henry Cabot Lodge, 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 Simon Glazer. It was opposed by the State Department; a prominent anti-Zionist rabbi at the congressional hearings; and the New York Times, which was owned by the anti-Zionist Adolph Ochs.

On September 21, 1922, US President Warren G. Harding signed the joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish National Home in Palestine, per the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

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