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Word: balfe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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Usage:

...rule in the old Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. A one-sentence, 67-word declaration, it promised a "Jewish national homeland" but conspicuously failed to define whether a Jewish homeland meant a home with an Arab or a Jewish majority. At first high Arab leaders, equally lulled by Lord Balf our's vagueness, were inclined to welcome their "Semitic brothers" back to the Holy Land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Holy and Civil | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

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