The balfour declaration was a public letter written by the british foreign secretary and drafted in support of the zionist goal to establish a national home for the jewish people. where did the letter suggest this homeland should be?

This was written last 1917 by the United the Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Walter Rothschild. It indicated that Palestine is the national territory of the Jewish people. Also, the letter further gave its vision of the place where Jewish can finally enjoy their rights on their own land. It was a plan of restoration of the Jews for being scattered in different areas because of the conflicts they had encountered. However, due to WWI the plan did not materialize and ended on compromise with Middle East Countries.

mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.