Balfour backlash - 100 years later

Started by yankeedoodle, July 26, 2016, 05:40:29 PM

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QuoteBritain is responsible for all Israeli war crimes since 1948 because it created the 1917 mandate which saw Arabs removed from their land to make way for the state of Israel, a top Palestinian diplomat has said.

Originally signed by UK Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, the agreement officially sanctioned the Zionist movement's aims, leading to its later colonization of what was then the Ottoman-held territory of Palestine.

Now the Palestinian Authority's (PA) chief foreign minister, Riyad al-Malki, has told the Arab League that Britain will be held to account for its part in what Palestinians still see as a cataclysmic event.     

Text of article and accompanying videos at this link:  https://www.rt.com/uk/353336-palestine-sues-balfour-declaration/