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By David Singer, published 7/11/2017The centenary of the Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917, is being used to delegitimise the State of Israel.
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In May 1939, the British government had begun to reconsider its position and published a policy document, known in the UK as a White Paper. It proposed abandoning the partition of Palestine into two states - and called instead for an independent Palestine in which Arabs and Jews would share government.
It limited Jewish immigration to 75,000 for five years and said that the Arab majority should determine future immigration levels. It also said that Balfour had not meant to create a Jewish state at the expense of the Arabs - any more than the McMahon-Hussein correspondence 24 years before had promised an Arab state to Sharif Hussein of Mecca.
But the White Paper faced opposition on several fronts and was dropped by a British government suddenly preoccupied with the Second World War.
A hundred years on, the declaration's effects still resonate across the Middle East. It still represents to Palestinians the moment an imperial powerpromised their land away to another people. They hold Balfour responsiblefor their expulsion, displacement and occupation.
How do you like those apples David? A bit more truth than your little rant eh!