The document summarizes the Balfour Declaration, which was a letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour on November 2, 1917 stating that the British government "view[ed] with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" and would use its best efforts to facilitate this goal. The declaration was important as it supported the idea of establishing a homeland for Jewish people in Palestine after years of persecution and helped lead to the creation of the state of Israel.

1. The Balfour Declaration By Jack Hanington

3. The Balfour Declaration The Balfour Declaration was a letter Arthur Balfour wrote to Lionel Walter Rothschild and also a statement of British support for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. The Letter was writen on November 2, 1917 and approved by the League of Nations on July 24, 1922. This Declaration was important to the Jewish People because it gave them a homeland to hold residence after centenaries of persecution.

7. July 24, 1922 “Mandate for Palestine” “ Recognition Has Been Given to the Historical Connection of the Jewish People with Palestine and to the Grounds for Reconstituting their National Home in that Country.” -The Council of the League of Nations Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, British India, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Persia, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of China, Romania, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela.

9. Founding of Modern Zionism Benjamin Ze'ev (Theodor) Herzl May 2, 1860 – July, 3 1904 Balfour Declaration Arthur James Balfour & The British Foreign Office, November 2, 1917. In 1926 the official mandate was named after Arthur’s original letter The Two most significant events leading to the creation of a Jewish National Home