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Balfour Declaration

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Balfour Declaration

Letter, dated 2 November 1917, from British foreign secretary A J Balfour to Lord Rothschild (chair, British Zionist Federation) stating: ‘HM government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.’ It helped form the basis for the foundation of Israel in 1948.



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In 1917, in what became known as the Balfour Declaration, Britain announced its support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.
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