Press Release: Tens of thousands to march in London against Israel’s genocide in Gaza on Balfour Day
Tens of thousands to march in London against Israel’s genocide in Gaza on Balfour Day, the annual commemoration of Britain’s role in dispossessing Palestinians of their homeland in 1948 21st major demonstration for Palestine since October 2023 takes place on Saturday 2nd November in London Route goes from Whitehall, where a mass “die in” will …
The Balfour Declaration: Britain’s responsibility in Palestine By Bernard Regan 21/09/2017 On 2 November 1917 the Conservative Party Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour, on behalf of the British Cabinet, sent the following statement to Lord Rothschild for transmission to the Zionist Federation. His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine …
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Today marks the 99th anniversary of the Balfour declaration, when Alfred Balfour then British Foreign Secretary issued a letter committing the UK government to the establishment of a national Jewish home in Palestine. The event was once described as a process whereby one group of people pledged the land belonging to a second group of …