To secure Jewish support in that war the Cabinet of Great Britain issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 which supported the Zionist dream of creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Under the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine. administered by Britain beginning in 1921. about fourfifths of historic Palestine was detached in 1922. an action subsequently formalized in 1946. to form TransJordan. now the Kingdom of Jordan. As a result. the mix of population and land ownership in the remaining portion of Palestine shifted in favor of the Jews whose numbers were also increasing as the result of new Jewish immigrants. The Jews pursued a reclamation program on the sparsely populated and desolate land and they also introduced modern living and working conditions. the success of which attracted Arabs from Syria. Iraq. and Egypt.
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