To meet halfway the request of numerous delegates, the most prominent of whom was Leo Motzkin, who sought the inclusion of the phrase "by international law," a compromise formula proposed by Herzl was eventually adopted.
Pre uspokojenie väčšiny delegátov, z ktorých najprominentnejším bol Leo Mockin (usiloval sa začleniť frázu „medzinárodné právo“), nakoniec prijali Herzlov kompromisný návrh.