Broken Promises: The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate in Palestine
By Jack Wasson. The Balfour Declaration is considered by many to be the seminal milestone in the creation of the modern nation of Israel. This assumption is widely accepted by Jews, Christians and even Arabs. Do the facts support the conclusion that Britain made a magnanimous, selfless show of support for the persecuted and oppressed Jewish masses, with every intention of assisting in the creation of a modern Jewish state? On November 2, 1917, the foreign secretary, Lord Arthur Balfour, proclaimed on behalf of the British government the nation’s commitment and intention to...
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