Balfour, A.J. : Arthur James (1848-1930), British politician who dominated Britain’s Conservative Party for 50 years, was Prime Minister (1902-5) & Foreign Secretary (1916-9). On 2nd November, 1917, he sent a letter to Lord Rothschild in regard to the establishment of a national home in Palestine for the Jewish people: “I have much pleasure in conveying to you on behalf of his Majesty’s Govt., the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to & approved by the Cabinet.... I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.”
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