The Balfour Declaration Supports a Jewish Homeland in Palestine
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Human Rights
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: November 2, 1917
Article abstract: The British government, in a letter sent to Lionel Walter Rothschild, announced its support for the establishment of a Jewish home in Palestine.
Summary of Event
The story of the Balfour Declaration’s role in Zionism, the Jewish independence movement, began two thousand years ago with the loss of Jewish independence. After the Roman conquest of ancient Israel in 63 b.c.e. (before common era--the same as “before Christ” in the Christian form of notation) and the unsuccessful Jewish revolts in the century that followed, most of the...
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