Question

What was the significance of the Balfour Declaration?

A. It established the nation of Israel.
B. It declared the intent to establish the nation of Israel.
C. It made the Zionists furious.
D. It took land away from the Palestinians.

Answer 1

The Balfour Declaration announced support for the establishment of Israel as a national home for the Jewish people.

Answer 2

B. It declared the intent to establish the nation of Israel.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Balfour Declaration (dated November 2, 1917) was a formal public manifestation of the British government during the First World War, to announce its support for the establishment of a "national home" for the Jewish people in the Palestine region, which in that then was part of the Ottoman Empire. The Declaration was included in a letter signed by British Foreign Minister Arthur James Balfour and addressed to Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild, a leader of the Jewish community in Britain, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The text was published in the press on November 9, 1917.