The Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration was unilaterally issued by the British Foreign Secretary (A.J. Balfour) on November 2, 1917, which promised a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. At the time the Arabs constituted 92.5% of the population (the balance being minorities, Jews, Druze, Cicassions, etc) and they owned 98% of the land.

Arthur Koestler, the famous Jewish author, said this of the Balfour Declaration: In the Balfour Declaration one nation promised to a second nation the country of a third."