Balfour Declaration

Also known as Balfour Declaration of 1917

public statement written by Arthur Balfour issued by the British government in 1917 in support of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine then an Ottoman region

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The Balfour Declaration was a 1917 statement by British official Arthur Balfour expressing British government support for creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine, which was then controlled by the Ottoman Empire. It matters because it became an important reference point in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the eventual establishment of the State of Israel.

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Named after: Arthur Balfour
Author: Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
Main subject: homeland for the Jewish people
Image: Balfour declaration unmarked.jpg

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point in time: 1917-11-02
Commons category: Balfour Declaration
significant person: David Lloyd George
signatory: Arthur Balfour
has effect: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
contributing factor of: Israel

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