This is an interesting side note to the bit about Haj Amin al-Husseini, first introduced into this thread by Teribus. Herbert Samuel was the British administrator who pardoned al-Husseini (after al-Hussieni was arrested by the British for instigating a 1920 Arab attack against Jews), and then installed him in power by appointing him as the Mufti of Jerusalem. I just now noticed, while reading up on al-Husseini, that Herbert Samuel was Jewish. Talk about strange bedfellows.