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The Balfour Declaration was never reversed as such (it was never withdrawn or determined to not represent the British interest). However, the British government took policies in the 1930s and 1940s which went strongly counter to the intentions of the Balfour Declaration.
The reason that the British made this about-face in their policies was that they wished to appease the Arabs and hopefully be able to extract their oil wealth even as they became independent. As hindsight shows, this policy was misguided since the oil nationalization that occurred throughout the Arab World and Iran in the 1950s and 1960s upset British oil intentions in this regard. Additionally, Arab States still malign Britain and its laws while Israel has proven to be a strong British ally.
The British government also wanted to prevent the escalation of tensions in Mandatory Palestine and believed that preventing more Jews from arriving in the territory would help achieve that. Whether that view is correct or not is debatable.
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What the balfour declaration do?
Balfour Declaration was announced by the then foreign minister of Britain,Earl Balfour in the year 1916.By this declaration the British lodged their support in favor of establishing an independent state of Israel for the Jews.
What document was issued by Britain favoring a Jewish State in Palestine?
It is the Balfour Declaration, named for the British politician Arthur Balfour who proposed the establishment of a Jewish state in the British Protectorate of Palestine.Balfour Declaration
Why did the people of palestine like the balfour declaration?
The Jews of Palestine liked the Balfour Declaration because it would provide them their own Jewish National Homeland. The majority population, the Arabs and Turks, hated the Balfour Declaration (for the exact same reason).
What did the balfour declaration in 1917 promise?
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Which country issued the balfour declaration?
Britain
What was the long term effect of the promises made in the balfour declaration?
The Balfour Declaration is often seen as the initiation of the process leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. -
Who were Supporters of Jewish homeland in Palestine?
Balfour Declaration
What was the political policy impact of the Balfour declaration post World War 2?
The Balfour declaration called for the establishment of a Jewish state in the Jews ancestral homeland of Israel
What was the declaration in 1917 for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people?
Balfour Declaration of 1917.
Why was the balfour declaration important?
is gives israelites civil rights
What is Balfor declaration of 1917?
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 was a letter that eventually led to the creation of a homeland of people of Jewish descent. It was initiated by Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary.
What is the declaration from the British Government that there should be a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
The document in question is the Balfour Declaration of 1917.
