Being T.E. Lawrence | Hoover Institution: In truth, Lawrence was simply Lawrence: Who else but T.E. Lawrence possessed the personal reputation and charm that could force Prince Feisal and the Zionist Chaim Weizmann to sit down together in January 1919 and sign an agreement (drafted by Lawrence) to create an Arab-Jewish government in Palestine? And who else but T.E. Lawrence could have such a major accomplishment so completely ignored by the Allied powers as they settled up the Middle East?