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- The Declaration did not acknowledge that Palestine was still part of the Ottoman Empire at the time it was written, and therefore that Britain had no real right to promise anything to anyone. Its vagueness stopped short of guaranteeing political sovereignty or independence to Palestinian Jews or Arabs.
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Nov 1, 2021 · The Balfour Declaration: Britain's fatal mistake in Palestine. By Eugene Rogan. 1 November 2021 12:45 GMT | Last update: 1 year 6 months ago. Against the rival and incompatible nationalisms...
Sep 14, 2021 · Many in the British government believed that the Balfour Declaration was a mistake and that it would only lead to instability and conflict and that it had no basis in international law and argued that they had betrayed their Arab allies who had participated in the Great Arab Revolt (1916-1918).
The majority of Britain's military leaders considered Balfour's declaration either a mistake, or one that presented grave risks. Broader Arab response. In the broader Arab world, the declaration was seen as a betrayal of the British wartime understandings with the Arabs.
Nov 2, 2017 · The Balfour declaration he refers to is a letter, written by the British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour exactly a century ago today, seen by Palestinians as the moment when Britain...
May 10, 2021 · ( JTA) — In an article about its “worst errors of judgment” from its 200-year history, a Guardian writer implied that the storied British paper’s editorial support of the Balfour Declaration of...
Nov 1, 2017 · Britain must atone for the Balfour declaration – and 100 years of suffering | Mahmoud Abbas | The Guardian. General Sir Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem in December 1917, a month after the ...
Nov 1, 2017 · Britain compounded its original mistake by writing the terms of the Balfour Declaration into the League of Nations' mandate for Palestine.
