Palestine / Diplomacy & law / Late Ottoman period, to 1917
Balfour Declaration
2 November 1917, London
Letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild stating British policy on a Jewish national home in Palestine.
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The British government states that it views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.
His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people
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The declaration adds that nothing shall be done to prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.
the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine
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Connected events
- This came before San Remo conference assigns the mandate for Palestine (25 April 1920)
The San Remo resolution makes the Mandatory responsible for putting the November 1917 declaration into effect.
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