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A 1917 statement by the British Foreign Secretary, [[Arthur Balfour]], supporting the right of the Jewish people to a state in the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. <ref name=Avalon-Balfour>{{citation
The '''Balfour Declaration''', published on 2 November 1917, was a public statement by the British Government to announce its support for the establishment in [[Palestine]] of a "national home for the Jewish people". At that time, during World War I, Palestine was part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] against which Britain and its allies were aligned. The Jewish population of Palestine then was a small minority only.
| url = http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/balfour.asp
| publisher = Avalon Project, Yale Law School
| author = [[Arthur Balfour]]
| title  = Balfour Declaration 1917}}</ref>
 
The short statement said:
 
"November 2nd, 1917
 
Dear Lord Rothschild,
 
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
 
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
 
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Arthur James Balfour
==Other British agreements==
In the [[Sykes-McMahon Correspondence]] of 1915, there is no mention of a Palestinian state in the British agreement to Arabs to fight, on the British side, against the Turks in WWI.  
 
There was some conflict between the Declaration and the British-French position in the [[Sykes-Picot Agreement]] of 1916.<ref name=Avalon-Balfour>{{citation
| url = http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/sykes.asp
| publisher = Avalon Project, Yale Law School
| title  = The Sykes-Picot Agreement: 1916}}</ref>


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The Balfour Declaration, published on 2 November 1917, was a public statement by the British Government to announce its support for the establishment in Palestine of a "national home for the Jewish people". At that time, during World War I, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire against which Britain and its allies were aligned. The Jewish population of Palestine then was a small minority only.

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