The Balfour Declaration 1917
- Agreement by the British to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine
- The British Mandate there remained under British Control
- The British has also promised the Arabs independence in the region
- 1918=60,000 Jews; 1939=630,000
- Beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Summary
The Balfour Declaration was an agreement by the British to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine and it was important because Christian cities such as Jerusalem in Palestine had been promised but the British the independence in the region. This was the beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict.