the Balfour Declaration
/ðə ˌbælfə ˌdekləˈreɪʃn/
/ðə ˈbælfər dekləreɪʃn/
- a letter of 2 November 1917 in which A J Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, wrote that the British government was in favour of establishing Palestine as a national home for the Jewish people. The other Allies soon said that they agreed with this.
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