Churchill was incredulous. Ever since Zionist assassins had murdered Lord Moyne in Cairo, he had modified his previous position on Palestine, never again meeting with Weizmann. Of the original Balfour Declaration, Churchill said, “Promises were made far beyond those to which responsible Governments should have committed themselves.”[20] It was time for the UN to step in, the sooner the better. Instead, Labour, according to Churchill, was protracting a crisis made catastrophic by its feckless policies:
