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Question
What was the Balfour Declaration of 1917?
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Solution
The Balfour Declaration was a short letter by Arthur Balfour to arguably one of the most influential Jewish families, which is the Rothschilds. It was assumed that the letter was all about the British government’s support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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