The story I have heard, is that Zionist activists (esp. Chaim Weizmann) made use of the conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the world—which many British

The story I have heard, is that Zionist activists (esp. Chaim Weizmann) made use of the conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the world—which many British officials believed at the time—to make themselves seem more influential than they really were. The war front was barely holding together; British leaders were desperate for any advantage, and were thus more susceptible to such tactics. (Also, some British officials were committed Zionists for religious reasons, and pushed the cause internally with whatever arguments were available to them.)