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Balfour Declaration in American English
a declaration by the British government (Nov., 1917) favoring the establishment in Palestine of a Jewish “national home”
noun: a statement, issued by the British government on November 2, 1917, favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews but without prejudice to the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine

Balfour Declaration in British English
noun: the statement made by Arthur Balfour in 1917 of British support for the setting up of a national home for the Jews in Palestine, provided that the rights of " existing non-Jewish communities" in Palestine could be safeguarded

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