in that year, walter rothchild, the jewish member of the british parliament managed to persuade arthur james balfer, the british foreign minister to declare the british kingdom support for the formation of the jewish state, but announced his agreement in a letter. in a short letter he wrote: november the 2nd, 1917. dear lord rothchild, i am proud to state to you on behalf of his majesty, the king of great britain, that your request was sent to the cabinet of the british government and was accepted. he. his majesty agreed to the establishment of national home for the jews in palestine, and he is doing his best to make this happen. it is very obvious that the civil and religious rights of the non-jewish and native inhabitants of palestine should not be violated, nor should the legal and political needs of the countries in that region be violated. i would be grateful. if you present this statement to the zionist association. the last part of the letter was not very important for us and the respected jewish agency. the important part was the principle of support. but now, in 1939, the pres