The role of the Balfour Declaration in the Palestinian Issue in 1917

Abstract

The thesis about the role of the Balfour Declaration in the Palestinian issue discusses how the management of information available to the Asquith and Lloyd George Governments on Palestine, which because of its importance to the defence of the Suez Zone was an area of crucial strategic importance to the British Empire and should at least be British influenced, between 1914 and 1920, evolved into a strategy designed to acquire Palestine as a British dominated region within the British Empire. The thesis also discusses how Britain’s original intention to support an Arab revolt against the Ottomans, and thereby create a friendly country in Palestine which would protect Suez, evolved into a strategy that sought to acquire Palestine itself. So, why Britain lled to give the Jews the homeland in Palestine in 1917 ? After the WWI, the peace treaty negatively affected making Britain intervened and be applying the Balfour Declaration. This is reason to know somthing about Palestine and understand their issue, the reason for Britain to apply the Balfour Declaration in Palestinian issue and its impact.