Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship Martin Gilbert Winston Churchill was a young man in 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was convicted of treason and sent to Devils' Island. Despite the prevailing anti-Semitism in England as well as on the continent, Churchill's position was clear: he supported Dreyfus, and condemned the prejudices that had led to his conviction. From this brave moment on, Churchill's commitment to Jewish rights, to Zionism - and ultimately to the State of Israel - never wavered. In this revealing book, Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, explores the origins, range, implications, and results of Churchill's determined commitment to Jewish rights. In 1922, Churchill established on the bedrock of international law the right of Jews to emigrate to Palestine. Gilbert sheds new light on Churchill's support of the Jewish people around the time of the Holocaust and World War II. As late as 1960, during his meeting with David Ben-Gurion, Churchill presented the Israeli prime minister with an article he had written praising Moses. Drawing on a wide range of archives and private papers, speeches, newspaper coverage, and wartime correspondence, Gilbert opens a window on an underappreciated and heroic aspect of the brilliant politician's life and career. Sir Martin Gilbert was knighted in 1995 "for services to British history and international relations." Best known for his eight-volume biography of Winston Churchill, he is also the author of, among other books, Churchill: A Life, The First World War, The Second World War, and most recently The Somme. He lives in London.