Complex sentence: Early British political support for an increased Jewish presence in the region of Palestine was based upon geopolitical calculations; this support begun in the late 1830s and was led by Lord Palmerston, following the occupation of Syria and Palestine by separatist Ottoman governor Muhammad Ali of Egypt.
Split into simpler sentences: Early British political support for an increased Jewish presence in the region of Palestine was based upon geopolitical calculations. This support begun in the late 1830s and was led by Lord Palmerston, following the occupation of Syria and Palestine by separatist Ottoman governor Muhammad Ali of Egypt.