Balfour Declaration — The British Promise of a Jewish National Home
הצהרת בלפור
Author: Arthur James Balfour, Secrétaire d'État aux Affaires étrangères (1848–1930)
Date: 2 novembre 1917
Preservation: British Library (Londres), Archives centrales sionistes (Jérusalem)
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The Balfour Declaration is a letter dated November 2, 1917, from British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Walter Rothschild, declaring that the British government "views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people." This 67-word document transformed Zionism from an ideological movement into a project recognized by a great power.
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The Balfour Declaration is a letter dated November 2, 1917, from British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Walter Rothschild, declaring that the British government "views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people." This 67-word document transformed Zionism from an ideological movement into a project recognized by a great power.