Balfour Declaration
Celebrating Britain’s role in the Jewish state’s creation.
It should instead remain proud of its role in embracing Zionism.
Not much has changed since 1948.
Why would Prince Charles go to his grandmother’s grave in secret?
A blessing in disguise.
Suing beats state-building.
Suing Britain over Balfour.
Until it was revoked.
It had a onumental, but now forgotten, impact.
For a visionary rabbi in London, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 signified nothing less than the advent of the messianic era.
As important as it was to the Zionist movement, the Balfour Declaration, signed 96 years ago this month, turned out to be an empty promise.
Contrary to Palestinian protestations, the Balfour Declaration did not create the Jewish claim to a homeland but merely recognized a pre-existing right.
A group lobbying the British government to apologize for the Balfour Declaration claims not to oppose Israel's right to exist. The claim is empty.