The French position in regard to Palestine and the wider Syria region during the lead up to the Balfour Declaration was largely dictated by the terms of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, and was complicated from 23 November 1915 by increasing French awareness of the British discussions with the Sherif of Mecca.
A posición francesa respecto de Palestina (e ao Levante) durante a preparación da Declaración Balfour foi ditada en gran parte polos términos do acordo Sykes-Picot e complicáronse a partir do 23 de novembro de 1915, ao aumentar a conciencia francesa das conversacións británicas co Xerife da Meca.