the main reason why Britain issued the Balfour declaration was due to own self interest in protecting the suez canal and the oil fields in Iraq to secure Britain's alliances during the first world war a response to widespread Sympathy for the Jewish population in Britain and a way of keeping out the Jewish population
Signed on the 2nd November 1917, the Balfour Declaration was written by the Foreign Secretary James Balfour and it was addressed to Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild, a Jewish banker. The ultimate goal of the declaration was to provide support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The declaration proved to be controversial and the fact that it is still divisive in the 21st century shows the ever lasting impact of Britain’s involvement in this deep-rooted issue. The main reasons why Britain issued the Balfour Declaration was due to own self interest in protecting the Suez Canal and the oilfields in Iraq, to secure Britain’s alliances during the First World War, a response to widespread sympathy for the Jewish population in Britain and a way of keeping out the Jewish population from Britain.
<span>Some people have questioned whether the grants in aid program
gives the national government too much say in matters of State and local
concern. The American federal system recognizes strictly limited federal
involvement in matters of state and local concern arousing concern.</span>
<span>World leaders imposed economic sanctions
on Burma because of the rise of military junta. The European Union and the
United States have banned the new investments going to Burma. They have imposed
import ban in the country and the arms embargo was initiated in the country.</span>
