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| Russian-born chemist Chaim Weizmann helped secure the British government’s approval of the 1917 Balfour declaration, which endorsed the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. He later served as the first president of Israel, from 1949 to 1952. | ||||||
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| Zionism; Palestine, Modern; Weizmann, Chaim; Israel (country) | ||||||
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