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Following World War I, the separation of Palestinian territories from the Ottoman Empire and their transfer to British control represented not merely a change in political authority but also the beginning of a new era of conflict. In the 1917 Balfour Declaration, Britain formally pledged to the world’s Jewish population the establishment of “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. This statement directly contradicted promises of independence made to Arabs during the war. The British

The Balfour Declaration is a letter dated 2 November 1917, written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lionel Walter Rothschild, expressing the British Government’s support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. This document was issued during World War I as part of Britain’s strategic policies against the Ottoman Empire, aiming to gain the support of the Jewish diaspora and bolster the Zionist movement. The declaration is regarded as a pivo