Summary
The Declaration goes on "it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non Jewish communities in Palestine." The British had put it in strong language that the implementation of the Declaration should not harm non-Jewish communities in Palestine. The Brits knew for a fact that Jews were the minority in Palestine in 1917. They were only five percent of the population and merely five percent or less of the land. However, the language in the Declaration speaks as if the Arabs were the minority and the Jews were the vast majority in Palestine at that time. It's true that neither the British nor the Jews respected the civil or religious rights of the original landowners, the Palestinians. Neither the British nor the U.S. ever made Israel accountable for violating Palestinians' civil rights. They both sit in the United Nations Security Council permanent chairs to veto any resolution that makes Israel accountable for its aggression and murdering of Palestinians, confiscating their land and establishing new colonies and settlements by force everyday. What was Palestine in 1917 before the Balfour Declaration is now perceived to be the Jewish state of Israel. What President George W. Bush keeps talking about when he speaks of supporting a Palestinian state is not acceptable to Palestinians because it asks for a Palestinian state on eight percent of Palestine while the Jews control ninety-two percent of Palestine, which is land they never actually owned.
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Balfour: Palestine Donated to Zionism
It has been nine decades since the British government generously "donated" Palestine to the Zionist federation. The actual drafter of the famous Balfour Declaration was Lord Alfred Milner. The British cabinet met on October 31, 1917 and approved the declaration, which then was drafted b...
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