Israel From British Promise, to Breach of their Mandate - Balfour 1917 to White Paper 1939

[Alan_Boskov]

...What British and allied military successes were significant in leading to the timing of the Balfour Declaration 1917?
The Battle of Beersheba commenced the British “Southern Palestine Offensive” of the Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman empire in “Palestine”, of World War I; its success leading to subsequent British and allied victories at Hareira and Sheria. The period of military campaign in “Palestine” of 31 October 1917 to 7 November 1917 commencing with the battle of Beersheba, was won by the British Empire’s “Egyptian Expeditionary Force” (EEF)...

Historical detective work isn't always that easy. One has to take into account that Turkey took sides with Germany and surrounding Bulgaria of which led to a significant defeat for mostly the colonial armed forces regiments representing British interests, two years prior to the conception of the Balfour Declaration:

http://www.ww1worcestershire.co.uk/key-d...ions-fail/

Britain's allowing the expulsion of Arabs from this disputed territory would certainly have angered those Arabs who would otherwise have allied with Britain in dissolving the Ottoman Empire.