On this day (November 2, 1917), the Balfour Declaration was issued by the British government for the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel. British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour declared: "His Majesty's government views with favor the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, and will do their best to facilitate the achievement of this goal, being clearly understood that nothing will be done that could harm the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status of any Jew of another country. " "I would be grateful if you would bring this statement to the attention of the Zionist Organization. "As the Jewish author Arthur Kestler said: Here one nation promised another nation the land of a third nation.

On this day (November 2, 1917), the Balfour Declaration was issued by the British government for the establishment of a Jewish state in Israel. British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour declared: "His Majesty's government views with favor the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, and will do their best to facilitate the achievement of this goal, being clearly understood that nothing will be done that could harm the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status of any Jew of another country. " "I would be grateful if you would bring this statement to the attention of the Zionist Organization. "As the Jewish author Arthur Kestler said: Here one nation promised another nation the land of a third nation.