Which document or declaration supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine in 1917?

Which document or declaration supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine in 1917?

• A. Haganah
• B. Balfour Declaration
• C. PLO
• D. Homelands (Bantustans)

Answer: (B)

Britain's 1917 Balfour Declaration is the document in question. It was a statement issued by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour expressing that the government viewed with favor the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, while also promising to protect the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities there. This was a significant political pledge during World War I and helped legitimize Zionist aspirations, shaping future events like the British Mandate and increased Jewish immigration, even though it did not establish a state or set borders. The other items refer to groups or policies (a Jewish defense organization formed later, a Palestinian liberation movement founded later, and apartheid-era South African policies) and do not match a 1917 declaration supporting a Jewish homeland.

Britain's 1917 Balfour Declaration is the document in question. It was a statement issued by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour expressing that the government viewed with favor the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, while also promising to protect the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities there. This was a significant political pledge during World War I and helped legitimize Zionist aspirations, shaping future events like the British Mandate and increased Jewish immigration, even though it did not establish a state or set borders. The other items refer to groups or policies (a Jewish defense organization formed later, a Palestinian liberation movement founded later, and apartheid-era South African policies) and do not match a 1917 declaration supporting a Jewish homeland.