1917 Balfour Declaration Supported Jewish National Home

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the Balfour Declaration expressing the British government's support for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. The declaration, conveyed in a letter to Lord Rothschild, became a key milestone in the politics of the British Mandate and the later Arab–Israeli conflict. Recent “Today in History” and local historical roundups now list the 1917 Balfour Declaration among the notable events remembered on this date.