Balfour Declaration From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Balfour Declaration of 1926. Balfour Declaration Balfour portrait and declaration.JPG An image of Balfour and the Declaration Created 2 Nov 1917 Signatories Arthur James Balfour Purpose Confirming support from the British government for the establishment in Palestine of a Homeland for the Jewish people The Balfour Declaration (dated 2 November 1917) was a letter from the United Kingdoms Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. His Majestys government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.[1] Read further here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
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