What British government declaration issued on November 2, 1917, stated that the British Government viewed with favour 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people'?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The Balfour Declaration
- Step 1: Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote a public letter to Lord Walter Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community.
- Step 2: The letter conveyed the official policy of the British cabinet in support of a Jewish national home, which was later incorporated into the League of Nations British Mandate for Palestine.
Answer
The Balfour Declaration.
Why not the others: The Churchill White Paper (1922) clarified economic absorptive capacity; the Peel Commission Report (1937) was the first official proposal for partition; the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) was a secret Anglo-French partition pact.
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