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Balfour Declaration of 1917.
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The movement commonly known for advocating the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people is called Zionism. Founded in the late 19th century, it aimed to promote the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, largely in response to widespread anti-Semitism and persecution in Europe. Key figures, such as Theodor Herzl, played significant roles in organizing the movement and facilitating Jewish migration to Palestine.
The Balfour Declaration supported the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, which led to increased Jewish immigration to the region. This influx of immigrants and the British support for a Jewish state created tensions with the Muslim population in Palestine, as they were concerned about their own rights and the potential loss of land and political power.
The League of Nations approved the British Mandate for Palestine as a national home for the Jewish People as early as 1919.
The Balfour Declaration (1917)was a letter from the British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild stating that the British Government viewed with favour the establishment of a home for the Jewish people in Palestine. The letter went on to say that this should not affect the rights of other communities in Palestine. The letter was written to gain Jewish support during the First World War.
Palestine
After World War I, the League of Nations granted Britain a mandate over Palestine. The British Mandate for Palestine was established in 1920 and lasted until 1948. This mandate was intended to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home while also ensuring the rights of the existing Arab population.
In the autumn of 1917 the British Army was advancing into Palestine, then in the Ottoman Empire. The Balfour Declaration (dated 2 November 1917) was a statement that the British government viewed 'with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, ... it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine ...' (It should be noted that Palestinereferred to the area now covered by both Israel and Palestine). After World War I the area was placed under British rule. There were difficulties from an early stage (the 1920s) because the establishment of a 'national home for the Jewish people' was widely seen as in conflict with promises made to the Arabs in the area. Soon fighting started between Arabs and Jews.
The Balfour Declaration was very short, as follows:"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours 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".This 'national home' was what the Zionists had been pursuing.
The Balfour Declaration of November 1917 promised to establish a Jewish home (not homeland) in Palestine.
Because the were not welcome at home and had dreamed of a Jewish home land for a long time. When the opportunity presented itself they took advantage of it.