Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on
behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following
declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations
which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the
establishment in Palestine of a national home for the
Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours 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."
I should be grateful if you would bring this
declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist federation.
Signature follows of Arthur James Balfour.
It clearly states that nothing be done to prejudice the rights of non-Jews. In fact, everything has been done to commit human rights violations of non-Jews.
Not true, Titus - it is continuous attempts by Palestinians and Islamists to kill Jews that are the human rights violations, and as for the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in Arab countries, they were violated long ago.
ReplyDeleteBataween
Hi, Bataween,I know of the loss and humiliation inflicted on the Jews in the Arab lands they were forced from. I heard some at first hand and in the film,"Forget Baghdad; Jews and Arabs-The Iraqi Connection."
ReplyDeleteThis does not mean the conflict has to be ongoing. One day, hopefully very soon(comparatively) a breakthrough will appear.
Titus