Balfour+Declaration

Balfour Declaration- The letter written during World War I by British Foreighn Secretary Arthor James Balfour to Baron Rothchild stating Brithish sympothy for the Jews, giving the Zionist movment a homeland. The reason behinde the Balfour decleration to sway the US into joining in as an ally of Britan during WWI. This letter was l revoked in 1939 due to Arab revolts. A reason behinde these revolts was that Lawrence of Arabia had verbaly given palistine to Arab families. This was one of many verbal promises made during WWI for support. When the Mandate system was set up palistine was not on the map. This led to and still affects issues in the Middle East.

Created by Benjamin Ellison and Hank Rudolph