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Den engelske udenrigsminister,
Arthur Balfour skrev til den jødiske leder Lord
Rothshild, for at forsikre ham om sin regerings støtte
til idéen om at oprette et hjemland for jøderne.
"Balfour-deklarationen" kom
til at udgøre fundamentet for den internationale
støtte til grundlæggelsen af det moderne
Israel. Brevet blev offentliggjort ugen efter i The
Times of London.
The Balfour Declaration
1917
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf
of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration
of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has
been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the
establishment in Palestine of a national home for the
Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to
facilitate the achievement of this object, it being
clearly understood that nothing shall be done which
may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing
non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and
political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration
to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour
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