The balfour declaration, 1917
- Agreement by the British to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine
- The Br. Mandate there remained under Br. Control
- The British had also promised the Arbs independence in the region
- 1918 = 60 000 Jews; 1939 = 630 000
- Beginning of the Arab-Iseraeli conflict
Summery: The Balfour Declaration was made in November 1917 which led the Jewish community in Britain and America into believing that Great Britain would support the creation of a Jewish state in the Middle East.They had also promised the Arabs independence in the region. This was the beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Question: If the Balfour declaration never promised land to the Jewish would their be such a conflict between Arabs and Jews?
Quote: Balfour to Curzon "The weak point of our position is of course that in the case of Palestine we deliberately and rightly decline to accept the principle of self-determination."