Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rugwaro rwechiziviso rwakabudiswa mupepanhau vhiki imwe mushure mekusainwa, musi waNovember 9, 1917. Zvimwe zviitiko zvakabatana zvakaitika mukati menguva pfupi, zviviri zvakakosha zvikuru zvaive nekutora kwemauto eBritish pakarepo kwePalestine uye kuburitswa kwechibvumirano cheSykes-Picot chaimbova chakavanzika. Parutivi rwemauto, zvose zviri zviviri Gaza
uye Jaffa yakadonha mumazuva mashomanana, uye Jerusarema rakakumikidzwa kuvaBritain musi wa9 December. Kubudiswa kweSykes-Picot Agreement, zvichitevera Shanduko yeRussia, muBolshevik "Izvestia" uye "Pravda" musi wa23 Mbudzi 1917 uye muBritish "Manchester Guardian" musi wa26 Mbudzi 1917, yakamirira nguva inoshamisa yeAllies 'Eastern campaign: "maBritish akanyara, maArabu akashungurudzika uye maTurkey akafara". VaZionist vakanga vaziva nezvemiganhu yechibvumirano chifo chaApril uye zvikurukuru chikamu chine chokuita nePalestine, pashure pomusangano pakati paWeizmann naCecil umo Weizmann akataura zvakajeka zvikuru zvinopesana naye negadziriro yakarongwa.