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    The Balfour Declaration is often seen as the initiation of the process leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. The statement is believed to have been motivated just as much by British interests, as by the sympathy for the Zionist cause. The declaration was drafted with the help of the us president, woodrow Wilson, who was a strong supporter of Zionism.

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    The Balfour Declaration is often seen as the initiation of the process leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. The statement is believed to have been motivated just as much by British interests, as by the sympathy for the Zionist cause. The declaration was drafted with the help of the us president, woodrow Wilson, who was a strong supporter of Zionism.

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    Balfour Declaration

    Statement issued by the British government


    in 1917, which is often seen as the initiation
    of the process leading to the establishment of
    the State of Israel.
    Issuing of the statement is believed to
    have been motivated just as much by British
    interests, as by the sympathy for the Zionist
    cause. At the eve of the World War I Britain
    needed the support from the World Jewry,
    which had been neutral, and which
    represented a large part of the population of
    Germany and Austria-Hungary. The
    declaration was drafted with the help of US
    President, Woodrow Wilson, who was a strong
    supporter of Zionism.
    Secondly, Britain saw the need to protect
    the sea route to India, which passed through
    the Suez Canal, upon which much of Britain's
    economy relied. In accordance with the spirit
    of the time which emphasized the "self-determination of small nations",
    supporting Zionism would be the easiest way to secure lasting British influence in
    the region east of the Canal, especially because the Levant had been Ottoman
    until 1917.
    Lord Rothschild, to whom the letter was addressed, was a leading British
    Zionist.
    Foreign Office
    2nd November 1917

    Dear Lord Rothschild:


    I have much pleasure in conveying to you on behalf of His Majesty's
    Government the following declaration of our 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 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." I should be grateful if you would bring this
    declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
    Yours sincerely
    Arthur James Balfour
    In 1920, the Balfour Declaration was included in the San Remo Agreement of
    1920. From July 24, 1922, the declaration was included into the mandate from
    which Britain temporarily administered Palestine. However, with the White Paper
    of 1939, the Zionist-friendly attitude of the Balfour Declaration was suspended.
    For the Arabs, the Balfour Declaration was perceived as an act of dishonesty,
    as the cooperation that had been going on between Arabs and the British during
    the World War 1, in the Hijaz region against Ottoman supremacy, had involved a
    promise of help to establish a united Arab country, reaching from the Red Sea to
    the Persian Gulf.
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