The Balfour Declaration is a document that declared the British government’s support of establishing Palestine as a national home for Jewish people during the first World War. At the time, the country of Palestine had a minimal Jewish population of around 3-5%. This created the question of whether or not to enforce a Jewish state on Jews living in other countries during the early 20th century. There were some leaders who believed this would have a positive impact on Jews that called other countries their home rather than their new established home of Palestine. However, other leaders were convinced that this would have a negative impact. The creation of the Jewish state would aid many Jews with the issue of equality in the countries they called…show more content… Because of the aforementioned statement, citizens of said countries would eventually start to reclaim their country in a sense, becoming possessive over their birthplace. There’s a very good chance that the Jews would have heard things such “go back to Palestine!” or “get out of my country!” in various languages along with many different insults and slurs, similar to what is said today in reference to immigrants in America. Not only would the citizens show prejudice towards the Jewish people, but the government may have done so as well. This would be done by limiting their growth and ability to care for their families by only allowing them to work in undesired work fields, forcing them into squalid and overcrowded areas populated by their own, and reducing wages significantly, among many other things. Additionally, there were some individuals apart of the Zionist movement who had an extreme view on their Jewish nationality. These people considered themselves and the Jewish population as one of the most historic races in the world. They viewed Palestine as their original home and they were very eager to reclaim what they viewed as theirs. Leaders such as Jules Cambon of the French Foreign Ministry thought it was important to protect the Jewish Nation as well as their Holy Places during the resurgence of the Jewish Nationality so
