1917 AD
The Balfour Declaration promises a Jewish “national home”
British Empire · Law & imperial government
Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour conveyed British support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, with a clause against prejudicing the civil and religious rights of non-Jewish communities. It did not recognize Palestinian national political rights and was issued before British occupation was consolidated
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