The Balfour Declaration and its legacy

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This work represents an examination of the events and history surrounding the issuance of the Balfour Declaration in 1917. The history revolves around the key relationship that was to develop between the Zionist movement, its representatives, and the British government during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Balfour Declaration was a document that served both British colonial diplomatic policy, and Zionist political and settlement goals. This declaration and its inclusion into the League of Nations Palestine Mandate of 1922 laid the groundwork for the emergence of the state of Israel in 1948. The Balfour Declaration, coupled with years of animosity between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East, has fostered an environment of hatred and mistrust. Many present day problems of the Middle East, both in terms of actual conflict and disagreements, can be traced to the Balfour Declaration and the underlying principles associated with its issuance.