The London Conference of 1939, also known as the St James’ Palace Conference took place from 17th February to 17th March, 1939. The conference was planned to end the British Mandate over Palestine and bring the British Mandate to a close. It was chaired by the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.
However, the Arab Higher Committee Delegation refused to sit with the Jewish Delegation, as so the talks were separate and eventually failed.
Images of the Conference are in the public domain and often seen. There were two official photographs taken, with the same British politicians and officials, one for the Arabs and one for the Jews. Mine is one of these, showing the Jewish delegation. However, it is an original 1939 press photograph, not a modern reproduction, showing the Jewish delegation. The future Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion, is seated at the front of the photograph, with the future President of Israel, Chaim Weitzmann to his left.
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