The British government expressed support for a Jewish national home in Palestine while stating that the rights of existing non-Jewish communities should not be prejudiced. Palestinians had no equivalent political consent process; the statement became part of Britain’s imperial wartime diplomacy and later mandate policy.
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The Balfour Declaration was made after a political agreement with elected Palestinian representatives.
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Britain issued the declaration without an equivalent process of political consent from Palestine’s existing population.