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The Balfour declaration

3 November 2016

The Balfour Declaration was signed on Nov. 2, 1917 by U.K. Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour. The declaration was sent to Lord Rothschild in 1917 and stated the following:

Foreign Office
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 endeavors 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,

Arthur James Balfour

The 2nd of November 2016 marks the 99th anniversary of the Balfour declaration.