Lodge–Fish Resolution

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox U.S. legislation

| shorttitle = Lodge-Fish Resolution

| othershorttitles =

| longtitle = Joint Resolution Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish People

| colloquialacronym =

| nickname =

| enacted by = 67th

| effective date = September 21, 1922

| public law url = http://legisworks.org/congress/67/pubres-73.pdf

| cite public law = 67-73

| cite statutes at large =

| acts amended =

| acts repealed =

| title amended =

| sections created =

| sections amended =

| leghisturl =

| introducedin = Senate

| introducedby = Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)

| introduceddate = June 30, 1922

| committees =

| passedbody1 = House

| passeddate1 =

| passedvote1 = passed voice vote

| passedbody2 = Senate

| passedas2 =

| passeddate2 =

| passedvote2 =

| conferencedate =

| passedbody3 = House

| passeddate3 =

| passedvote3 =

| agreedbody3 =

| agreeddate3 =

| agreedvote3 =

| agreedbody4 =

| agreeddate4 =

| agreedvote4 =

| passedbody4 = Senate

| passeddate4 =

| passedvote4 = agreed

| signedpresident = Warren G. Harding

| signeddate = September 21, 1922

| unsignedpresident =

| unsigneddate =

| vetoedpresident =

| vetoeddate =

| overriddenbody1 =

| overriddendate1 =

| overriddenvote1 =

| overriddenbody2 =

| overriddendate2 =

| overriddenvote2 =

| amendments =

| SCOTUS cases =

}}

The Lodge–Fish ResolutionLodge-Fish Resolution, {{USPL|67|73}}, September 21, 1922, 42 Stat. 1012. was a joint resolution of both houses of the US Congress that endorsed the British Mandate for Palestine.{{sfn|Lebow|1968|p=501}}67th Congress, {{USBill|67|hjres|322}}; [https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/67th-congress/Session%202/c67s2ch372.pdf pdf]{{sfn|Brecher|1987}} It was introduced in June 1922 by Hamilton Fish III, a Republican New York Representative, and Henry Cabot Lodge, a Republican Senator from Massachusetts.{{sfn|Medoff|2002|pp=215–216}}

It came about following a significant lobbying effort by the American Zionist community, particularly through the efforts of Zionist Rabbi Simon Glazer.{{sfn|Medoff|2002|pp=215–216}} It was opposed by the State Department; a prominent anti-Zionist rabbi at the congressional hearings; and The New York Times, which was owned by the anti-Zionist Adolph Ochs.{{sfn|Medoff|2002|pp=215–216}}

On September 21, 1922, US President Warren G. Harding signed the joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish National Home in Palestine, per the 1917 Balfour Declaration.Howard Grief, The Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel under International Law, (Mazo Publishers, Jerusalem, 2008), p. 198.{{sfn|Medoff|2002|pp=215–216}}