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BALFOUR DECLARATION — BALFOUR DECLARATION, official statement which arthur james balfour , the British foreign secretary, addressed to Lionel Walter Rothschild (2nd Baron Rothschild) on November, 2, 1917. It conveyed a declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Balfour Declaration — n. a declaration by the British government (Nov., 1917) favoring the establishment in Palestine of a Jewish “national home” … English World dictionary
Balfour Declaration — a statement, issued by the British government on November 2, 1917, favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews but without prejudice to the civil and religious rights of existing non Jewish communities in Palestine. *… … Universalium
Balfour Declaration — The name Balfour Declaration is applied to two key British government policy statements associated with Conservative statesman and former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour. *The first is the Balfour Declaration of 1917: An official letter from the… … Wikipedia
Balfour Declaration — The Balfour Declaration was issued by the government of Great Britain on 2 November 1917. Substantial effort by the Zionist organization, with a special role played by Chaim Weizmann, preceded the government s decision, made after lengthy… … Historical Dictionary of Israel
Balfour Declaration — a statement, issued by the British government on November 2, 1917, favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews but without prejudice to the civil and religious rights of existing non Jewish communities in Palestine. *… … Useful english dictionary
Balfour Declaration — declaration by the British government in November 1917 which favored the establishment of Palestine as a Jewish homeland … English contemporary dictionary
Balfour Declaration of 1917 — government stating that the British government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people with the understanding that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of… … Wikipedia
Balfour Declaration of 1926 — The Balfour Declaration of 1926, named after the British Lord President of the Council Arthur Balfour, Earl of Balfour, was the name given to a report resulting from the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London. It states of… … Wikipedia
Balfour-Declaration — In der Balfour Deklaration vom 2. November 1917 erklärte sich das Vereinigte Königreich einverstanden mit den zionistischen Bestrebungen, in Palästina eine „nationale Heimstätte“ des jüdischen Volkes zu errichten, wobei die Rechte bestehender… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Balfour Declaration — In der Balfour Deklaration vom 2. November 1917 erklärte sich das Vereinigte Königreich einverstanden mit den zionistischen Bestrebungen, in Palästina eine „nationale Heimstätte“ des jüdischen Volkes zu errichten, wobei die Rechte bestehender… … Deutsch Wikipedia
