The existence of Israel as their religious homeland is zealously promoted by Zionism, a Jewish political ideology. Since the Balfour declaration in 1917, which handed Israel over to Baron de Rothschild, Jewish Zionists have been committing perpetual genocide against non-Jewish (mostly Muslim) native Palestinians and have all but wiped them out. The financial/political clout of Israel has grown tremendously in recent years, and many have rightly pointed out that modern America and Great Britain are merely satellites of Israel and its policies.