Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote that Britain supported a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. The declaration was made by an imperial power without consultation with the Arab majority of Palestine; it mentioned only the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities, not their political rights. It shaped later conflict and migration policy.
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What omission made the Balfour Declaration unequal in its treatment of communities in Palestine?
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The British declaration promised a Jewish national home but did not recognize the political rights of Palestine’s Arab majority.
The Balfour Declaration recognized political self-determination for Palestine’s Arab majority.
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It mentioned civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities, not political rights.