Foreign Office
2nd November 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild:
I have much pleasure in conveying to you on behalf of His Majesty's Government the
following declaration of our sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has
been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet. "His Majesty's Government
view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the
Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement
of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may
prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in
Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other
country." I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the
knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely
Arthur James Balfour
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