- Section
- Stuff I Looked Up
- Type
- Explanation
- Date
- April 24, 2023
- Words
- 300
“This was a 1917 letter from the British Foreign Secretary (their Secretary of State, basically) to a leader of the British Jewish community which expressed support for a Jewish homeland in the area of (then) Palestine. It was the first open acceptance and validation of Zionism . The letter was both…”