On Nov. 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote a letter to Walter Rothschild, head of the English branch of the storied banking dynasty. Balfour wrote that “His Majesty’s Government ...

It’s the fact that it happened in Britain that is so disturbing. We can no longer tell ourselves that this is a safe country, ...

A single sentence by British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour changed the course of history. The Balfour Declaration, issued in November 1917, paved the way for the creation of Israel in 1948.The ...

The Guardian newspaper released a list of their “worst errors of judgment” over the past 200 years on May 7, which included their support of the Balfour Declaration. The article, which was written by ...

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STORY: A video posted on social media by the Palestine Action protest group showed a woman spraying red paint over the life-size portrait before cutting it repeatedly with a knife - the latest in a ...

One hundred years ago — on November 2, 1917 — the British Foreign Secretary, Arthur Balfour, issued a letter to the British Jewish leader, Lord Walter Rothschild, pledging British support for “a ...

The November 2, 1917 declaration by then British foreign minister Arthur Balfour said his government viewed "with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people". It ...

very fact of his being was of greatest value to us. In the history of Jewry his name will remain forever as that of a friend with heart and vision.” “Lord Balfour was a great and honorable statesman ...

With Israel embroiled in a war against Hamas, this week’s anniversary of a pivotal moment in the revival of Jewish sovereignty is not likely to draw much attention. The urgency of the present moment ...

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