Publication of theBALFOUR DECLARATIONby Britain. The document later became the foundation of British policy in Palestine and the basis of Zionist claims for settling in the territory. The text stated that the British government would support “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of that 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.”
