Sheree Trotter
The Balfour Declaration has been exploited for political purposes by both supporters and opponents of the Jewish state. The following historical narrative situates the Balfour Declaration within the context of a small Jewish community at the ‘ends of the earth’, considers what it meant in its day and lessons for the present.
The 1917 Balfour Declaration was greeted with enthusiasm by the New Zealand Jewish community who believed it heralded a solution to the ‘Jewish Problem’.
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