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The Balfour Declaration was a 1917 statement by British official Arthur Balfour expressing British government support for creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine, which was then controlled by the Ottoman Empire. It matters because it became an important reference point in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the eventual establishment of the State of Israel.
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- document
- Named after
- Arthur Balfour
- Main subject
- homeland for the Jewish people
- Image
- Balfour declaration unmarked.jpg
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- point in time
- 1917-11-02
- Commons category
- Balfour Declaration
- significant person
- David Lloyd George
- signatory
- Arthur Balfour
- has effect
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- contributing factor of
- Israel
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