What was the initial reaction to the balfour declaration?
This is a fascinating subject and involves a great deal more than just an initial reaction to a declaration. Best of luck. As the success of the campaign seemed likely, the British government issued the Balfour declaration on November 2, 1917. The Declaration sent by British foreign minister Lord Arthur Balfour to Jewish philanthropist Edmund De Rothchild called for the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” Great Britian issued the statement partly out of the desire to elicit the support of Russian Jewry behind the allied war effort and also out of the belief by some of its leaders that Zionism was Biblically-ordained destiny. All that seemed to stand in the way of the goal’s realization was Britian’s successful completion of the campaign. On November 6, Gaza fell to the British who then drove towards Jerusalem. With each British victory, more excitement and anticipation swept over Jewry. Aided by allied armies, the British fought their way through each
