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The '''Balfour Declaration''' was proclaimed by the [[British]] in 1917.  It called for the creation of a [[Jewish]] state.  It also called for an additional state in which [[Jordan]] was formed.  But [[Israel]] was not formed until after [[World War II]].

The '''Balfour Declaration''' was proclaimed by the [[British]] in 1917.  It called for the creation of a [[Jewish]] "national home" but not an independent state.  [[Israel]] was formed in 1948.

 

see [[Zionism]]

The entire declaration is as follows:

The entire declaration is as follows:

''Arthur James Balfour

''Arthur James Balfour

[[Category:World War I]][[Category:Israel]]

[[Category:World War I]][[Category:Israel]]