The Balfour Declaration, issued by the British government in 1917, announced Britain's promise for a " national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, which was then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.
1917年英国政府发布的《贝尔福宣言》宣布,英国承诺在当时处于奥斯曼帝国统治之下的巴勒斯坦建立“犹太人的民族家园”。