The Balfour Declaration explicitly favored the creation of a homeland for Jews in Palestine, while explicitly stating that nothing should be done to prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.

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The Balfour Declaration of 1917 expressed British support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine but also stipulated that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine."

The Balfour Declaration Explicitly Favored the Creation of a Homeland