Tag: Balfour Declaration
Anti-Israel protester destroys painting of Lord Balfour, who paved way for modern Israeli state
A woman apparently associated with the anti-Israel group Palestine Action is depicted in video, which circulated widely on social media, slashing a 1914 painting of Arthur Balfour, the first earl of Balfour, and defacing...
This land is whose land?
“This land is your land, this land is my land,” quoting from the famous song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, continues to resonate in the Middle East, where Israel fights a bloody battle...
November 2, 1917: Balfour Declaration letter written
On November 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour writes an important letter to Britain’s most illustrious Jewish citizen, Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild, expressing the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The...
Palestinian NGOs sue UK over 1917 Balfour Declaration
Palestinian lawyers on Friday filed suit against the British government in a Nablus court over the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which spelled out the United Kingdom’s support for the establishment of a national home for...
Recalling San Remo, and international law regarding the Jewish state, 100 years later
Exactly 100 years ago this week, World War I allied powers including the British Empire, Italy, France and Japan, along with the United States serving as an observer nation, met in San Remo, Italy,...
From San Remo to its 72nd birthday, Israel survives the virus of political and...
One hundred years ago this Sunday, the four principal allied powers involved in World War I signed a resolution at San Remo. Next week, Israel celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut, the 72nd anniversary of the state’s...
Lebanese Journalist: 100 Years After Balfour Declaration, The Arabs Have Failed Where Israel Has...
In a November 25, 2017 article marking the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, published in the London-based daily Al-Hayat, Lebanese journalist Karam Al-Hilu compared the meager accomplishments of the Arab world in the...
PA President Abbas: ‘Israel a colonial project, has nothing to do with Jews’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said during a conference of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Central Council Sunday evening that "Europeans wanted to bring the Jews here to preserve their interests in the region....
Royal Albert Hall hosts 3,000 Christians and Jews in final Balfour celebration
More than 3,000 Christian and Jewish supporters of Israel joined to sing the hatikvah at the Royal Albert Hall last night at the biggest celebration marking the Balfour centenary.
Around 500 performers, singers and actors...
Original drafts of the Balfour Declaration showcased at US museum
An American Jewish museum in Philadelphia has opened a three-month exhibit showcasing two original drafts of the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
A rare glimpse of the original documents can now be seen at the National Museum...