In 1917, Britain didn’t announce support for a Jewish homeland in Parliament. It sent a private letter. Not to a nation. Not to a military leader. But to Walter Rothschild, a prominent British Jewish figure connected to the Zionist movement. That letter, written by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, asked Rothschild to pass Britain’s promise to the Zionist Federation. It later became known as the Balfour Declaration. At the same time, Britain was buried in World War I debt and dependent on global

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