It was the Balfour Declaration, a public “letter” which would have greatly cheered Theodor Herzl, the great proponent and leader of the Zionist movement, had he not succumbed to a heart attack ...

Herzl died in 1926 and did not have the chance to see the establishment ... These developments motivated the British and the Zionists to establish a gendarme regime in the region. The declaration and ...

Next week, Nov. 2, marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Most people who are not history buffs have only a vague awareness of this event. So let me fill you in on the facts ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. The Balfour Declaration has been exploited for political purposes by both supporters and opponents of the Jewish state.

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 ... Hanna Bisharat built his villa in the Talbiya neighbourhood of Jerusalem in 1926. This picture of him and his family was taken in 1929. It was known as Harun ...

Amid the destruction of World War One, hope emerged upon the horizon for the beleaguered Jewish people with the issuing of the Balfour Declaration. The war, which had officially begun on the same ...

His Balfour Declaration, made on 2 November 1917, is taught in their respective history classes and forms a key chapter in their two very different, national narratives. It can be seen as a ...

The Balfour Declaration was a key victory for the Zionist movement and an important step toward the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The story of the declaration has often been told ...

This conference motion marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, a document published by the British government in 1917 outlining its support for the creation of a home in Palestine for the ...

A group called Palestine Action took credit for the incident, saying in a statement that the actioj was meant to evoke “the bloodshed of the Palestinian people since the Balfour Declaration was ...

His Balfour Declaration, made on 2 November 1917, is taught in their respective history classes and forms a key chapter in their two very different, national narratives. It can be seen as a ...