In the Balfour Declaration of 1917,

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The Balfour Declaration of 1917 was a letter from the British foreign secretary, Arthur Balfour, to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community. In the letter, the British government expressed support for the creation of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, then under Ottoman rule. This letter is considered by many to be a significant moment in the history of Zionism and the eventual establishment of the state of Israel.