The Balfour Declaration – 100 years of international recognition of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their historic homeland, the Land of Israel.​​​ | MFA

The Balfour Declaration – 100 years of international recognition of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their historic homeland, the Land of Israel.​​​ | MFA

November 2, 2017, marks 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, a historic statement of sympathy issued by the British government for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. Lord Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, penned the historic letter on behalf of the British Government, to Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, a prominent leader of Britain’s Jewish community.