“The government of His Majesty favorably plans the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”-(Lord Arthur James Balfour, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, November 2, 1917).
The First World War entered its last year. London seeks to strengthen its positions and obtain the support of the Zionist movement which develops within the Jewish communities of Europe and America.
On November 2, 1917, Arthur Balfour, then Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, addressed Lord Walter Rothschild, a high representative of the British Jewish community, a typed letter approved by the cabinet, which he asked to bring to the attention of the Zionist Federation:
“The government of His Majesty is favorably envisaging the establishment in Palestine of a national household for the Jewish people, and will use all its efforts to facilitate the achievement of this objective, being clearly understood that nothing will be made that can affect civil and religious rights of non -Jewish communities in Palestine, or to the rights and political status whose Jews enjoy in any other country.”
The letter was published in the London Times newspaper on November 9, 1917, by an insert entitled “Palestine for the Jews. Official Sympathy ”.
On May 14, 1948, the day of the end of the British mandate on Palestine, David Ben Gourion, president of the Jewish National Council, proclaimed the creation of the Hebrew state. The first president of the occupier was only Chaïm Weizmann, chief of the Zionists of Great Britain.
November 2, 1917 – November 2, 2023, 106 years ago!
106 years ago, a dark chapter in Palestinian history opened. 106 years of massacres, mourning and war crimes against the legitimate owners of these lands. After 106 years, the Palestinians always say no …
