The Balfour Declaration was a 67-word statement penned by Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community. Lydia Noon reports
One hundred years after the British government declared its support for the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine, Palestinians and solidarity groups are calling for it to take responsibility for helping create ‘a century of injustice’.
The Balfour Declaration was a 67-word statement penned by Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community.
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