<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWeizmann alikuwa mtu muhimu katika mazungumzo na serikali ya Uingereza ambayo yalisababisha Azimio la Balfour la 1917, akiunga mkono wazo la nyumba ya kitaifa ya Kiyahudi huko Palestina ambayo pia iliheshimu haki za watu wasio Wayahudi waliopo ambao tayari wanaishi huko.  <response>: Weizmann was an important figure in the negotiations with the British government that led to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, supporting the idea of a Jewish national home in Palestine that also respected the rights of existing non-Jewish people already living there. 