The Balfour Declaration of 1917 encouraged Zionism by?
A) Ordering the withdrawal of the British from Palestine B) Supporting the creation of Jewish homeland in Palestine C) Dividing Palestine into separate areas for Jews and Christians D) granting national independence to Palestine
A) Ordering the withdrawal of the British from Palestine B) Supporting the creation of Jewish homeland in Palestine C) Dividing Palestine into separate areas for Jews and Christians D) granting national independence to Palestine
1 Answer
B. Supporting the Creation of Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Explanation:
It was a letter from the British Foreign Secretary to the Zionist Federation. The letter supported a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. The aim was a propaganda victory among influential Jews like Rothschild to whom the letter is addressed. The letter also contains references to maintaining the rights of "non Jewish Communities" in Palestine.
This was part of a series of ongoing contradictory promises to Arabs and Jews by the British Government that led to much unrest and finally the abandonment of Palestine by the British after World War 2.
