In 1917, a 67-word letter changed the course of Middle Eastern history
At the height of World War I, a brief letter from the British Foreign Secretary to a prominent Zionist leader set in motion a series of geopolitical shifts that still define the Middle East.
In 1917, Arthur Balfour sent a 67-word letter to Lord Rothschild expressing British support for a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. At the time, the region was an Ottoman territory with a small Jewish minority and a large Arab majority.
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