Balfour Declaration

American  

noun

1. a statement, issued by the British government on November 2, 1917, favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews but without prejudice to the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.

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Balfour Declaration British  

noun

1. the statement made by Arthur Balfour in 1917 of British support for the setting up of a national home for the Jews in Palestine, provided that the rights of "existing non-Jewish communities" in Palestine could be safeguarded

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Example Sentences

The British tradition of Christian Zionism laid the foundation for the Balfour Declaration, and eventually the state of Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I appreciate having a homeland for the people who were victims of the Holocaust. I think that the Balfour Declaration and what they did with creating a Jewish state was a good thing, and it needs to be secure.”

From Salon

During World War One, Britain invaded Palestine, driving out the Ottoman Turks, and it facilitated its promise for a Jewish homeland made in the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

From BBC

He went on to cite the 1917 Balfour Declaration - signed by his predecessor as foreign secretary Arthur Balfour - which first expressed Britain's support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people".

From BBC

But the Britain in 2025 is not the Britain of 1917 when the Balfour Declaration was signed.

From BBC