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Balfour Declaration... Ominous promise
Published in Albawaba on 03 - 11 - 2015

when the war exploded on the world, stressing that the small Zionist construction will be the straws which wind will scatter it, British policy became gradually committed to the establishment of a homeland for the Jews In the land of Palestine. This policy left an impact on American public opinion and pushes United States to stand up to Britain's side in the war.
At that time the British were busy making promises. At a War Cabinet meeting, held on 31 October 1917, Balfour suggested that a declaration favorable to Zionist aspirations would allow Great Britain "to carry on extremely useful propaganda both in Russia and America, and after discussions between British government and Jewish leaders, a promise from British's Foreign Minister, James Balfour was delivered , in 1917 , to one of the leaders of the Zionist Federation in Britain, Lord Rothschild. It is Balfour Declaration.
Who is Balfour? Arthur James Balfour , was born in 1848 . He was a British Conservative politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905, and later Foreign Secretary. Balfour returned as First Lord of the Admiralty in Asquith's Coalition Government. In December 1916 he became Foreign Secretary in David Lloyd George's wartime administration, but was frequently left out of the inner workings of government, although the Balfour Declaration bore his name. He continued to serve in senior Cabinet positions throughout the 1920s, and died on 19 March 1930 aged 81.
Balfour said in his message, which he sent to Walter Rothschild that his Majesty's government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
The text of the letter was published in the press one week later, on 9 November 1917. The "Balfour Declaration" was later incorporated into both the Sèvres peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire, and the Mandate for Palestine. The original document is kept at the British Library
The declaration was in contrast to the McMahon-Hussein correspondence, which promised the Arab independence movement control of the Middle East territories "in the limits and boundaries proposed by the Sherif of Mecca" in exchange for revolting against the Ottoman Empire.
The Arabs expressed disapproval in November 1918 at the parade marking the first anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The Muslim-Christian Association protested the carrying of new "white and blue banners with two inverted triangles in the middle". They drew the attention of the authorities to the serious consequences of any political implications in raising the banners.
Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sokolow, the principal Zionist leaders based in London, had asked for the reconstitution of Palestine as "the" Jewish national home. As such, the declaration fell short of Zionist expectations.
Finally, Balfour Declaration is an ominous promise in which bring humiliation to our Arabism. protected the Jews from extinction and tore Arabs' unit .


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