Balfour Declaration

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British government statement diplomatic document historical document

The Balfour Declaration was a 1917 statement by the British government expressing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Balfour Declaration canonical	24
Balfour Declaration of 1917	4
Balfour Declaration of 1926	3
the Balfour Declaration	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government statement ⓘ diplomatic document ⓘ historical document ⓘ
addressedTo	Baron Walter Rothschild ⓘ
addresseeRole	leader of the British Jewish community ⓘ
approvedBy	British War Cabinet ⓘ
archivedIn	The National Archives ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom National Archives
author	Arthur Balfour ⓘ surface form: Arthur James Balfour
commissionedBy	British War Cabinet ⓘ
containsClause	nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine ⓘ nothing shall be done which may prejudice the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country ⓘ
controversial	true ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1917-11-02 ⓘ
documentType	letter of intent ⓘ
followedBy	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine San Remo Conference decisions ⓘ
hasForm	official letter ⓘ
hasShortDescription	1917 British statement supporting a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine ⓘ
historicalImpact	contributed to the eventual establishment of the State of Israel ⓘ
incorporatedInto	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
influenced	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
issuedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ surface form: Foreign Office of the United Kingdom
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	statement of British policy ⓘ
locationMentioned	Palestine ⓘ
medium	letter ⓘ
mentions	Jewish people ⓘ non-Jewish communities in Palestine ⓘ
namedAfter	Arthur Balfour ⓘ surface form: Arthur James Balfour
opposedBy	many Arab leaders ⓘ
placeOfIssuance	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
policyType	foreign policy declaration ⓘ
politicalContext	British Middle East policy ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
positionOfSigner	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ surface form: British Foreign Secretary
regionConcerned	Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo	Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ League of Nations ⓘ Zionism ⓘ surface form: Zionist movement
signedBy	Arthur Balfour ⓘ surface form: Arthur James Balfour
subject	Jewish national home ⓘ Zionism ⓘ
supportedBy	Zionist organizations ⓘ surface form: Zionist leaders
supports	establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine ⓘ
year	1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zionism → supportedByDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Israeli Declaration of Independence → basisIn → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

British Mandate for Palestine → relatedDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

First Zionist Congress → chronologicallyBefore → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Basel Program → relatedTo → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Chaim Weizmann → influenced → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Dominions of the British Empire → formalizedBy → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1926

Imperial Conference of 1926 → significantDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1926

Haj Amin al-Husseini → opposed → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

San Remo Conference → incorporatedDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1917

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → relatedDeclaration → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Arthur Balfour → notableWork → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Arthur Balfour → signed → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Arthur Balfour → knownFor → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1917

Baron Walter Rothschild → associatedWith → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Weizmann → influenced → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

subject surface form: Chaim Weizmann

Sykes–Picot Agreement → relatedTo → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Jewish Legion → associatedWithDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces → relatedToDeclaration → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1917

Arab Revolt → relatedTo → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

World War I diplomacy → includesEvent → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine → supportedByDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Imperial Conference of 1923 → relatedTo → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1926

George Antonius → criticized → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Balfour Declaration

The Arab Awakening → examines → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → implementedPolicy → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

1939 White Paper on Palestine → policyShiftFrom → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

1920 Nebi Musa riots → relatedDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1917

San Remo Resolution on Palestine → incorporatedDocument → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

San Remo Resolution on Palestine → precededBy → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Asia Minor Agreement → relatedTo → Balfour Declaration ⓘ

Hussein–McMahon Correspondence → relatedTo → Balfour Declaration ⓘ