The Balfour Declaration of 1917
Balfour Declaration (of 1917), is a declaration on the benevolent attitude of Great Britain towards the Zionist aspirations of the Jews. The Balfour Declaration was addressed to Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (see Rothschild, family) by Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, on November 2, 1917. It was published a week later.