balfour declaration

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declaration by the British government in November 1917 which favored the establishment of Palestine as a Jewish homeland
(Nov. 2, 1917) Statement issued by the British foreign secretary, Arthur James Balfour, in a letter to Lionel Walter Rothschild, a leader of British Jewry, as urged by the Russian Jewish Zionist leaders Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow. The declaration promised the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine that would not disturb the non-Jewish groups already residing there. The British anticipated gaining a mandate over Palestine after World War I (1914-18) and hoped to win over Jewish public opinion to the side of the Allies. They also hoped that pro-British settlers would help protect the approaches to the Suez Canal, a vital link to Britain's South Asian possessions
balfour declaration

    Hyphenation

    Bal·four dec·la·ra·tion

    Turkish pronunciation

    bälfôr deklıreyşın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbalfôr ˌdeklərˈāsʜən/ /ˈbælfɔːr ˌdɛklɜrˈeɪʃən/
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