With the Balfour Declaration,what did the United Kingdom promise to help create in exchange for assistance against the Ottoman Empire?

A) a democracy in Turkey
B) a British asylum in Syria
C) a "national home" for the Jews in Palestine
D) a banking system in Egypt
E) a trade network in Iraq

Balfour Declaration

A statement issued by the British government in 1917 expressing support for the establishment in Palestine of a "national home for the Jewish people," with the stipulation that nothing should prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities.

National Home

A term often associated with the Balfour Declaration of 1917, promising the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.

Jews in Palestine

Refers to the historical presence and social, economic, and political activities of Jewish communities in the region now known as Palestine, especially significant regarding the Zionist movement aiming for a Jewish homeland.