In the 1917 Balfour Declaration,Britain

question 24

Multiple Choice

In the 1917 Balfour Declaration,Britain

• A) promised support for an Arab homeland between Iraq and Egypt, if the Arabs supported the British side in World War I.
• B) tried to give up its mandate over Palestine, seeing that the region was about to become a major problem.
• C) agreed to support a Jewish national homeland in an area populated by Arabs.
• D) attempted, for the first time, to bring the Jews and the Arabs together to negotiate a truce.
• E) put down riots involving Arabs and Jews fighting over Palestinian politics.

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