History & Civilization

The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Jonathan Schneer

WWI diplomacy; British policy; Zionism; Ottoman Palestine

Subject matter

WWI diplomacy; British policy; Zionism; Ottoman Palestine

Culture / tradition

British / Palestinian / Middle Eastern

Publication / composition

2010

Edition publication year

2012

Historical figures

Arthur Balfour; Chaim Weizmann; Sharif Hussein

Historical timeframe

Modern Era (1800 CE–Present) · 1914 CE – 1917 CE

Approximate main subject period; not publication date. Core wartime diplomatic period, with earlier background and later implications.