Balfour stated in February 1919 that Palestine was considered an exceptional case in which, referring to the local population, "we deliberately and rightly decline to accept the principle of self-determination," although he considered that the policy provided self-determination to Jews.
貝爾福在1919年2月表示，巴勒斯坦被視為一個特例，對於當地人口，「我們故意且正當地拒絕接受民族自決的原則」，即使他認為政策給予猶太人民族自決權。