On 104th anniversary of Balfour Declaration, here’s what you need to know about it
- 2 years ago
On Nov. 2, 1917, Arthur Balfour, Britain’s then-Foreign Secretary, sent a letter to Lionel Walter Rothschild, who was a figurehead of the Jewish community in Britain, declaring support for the establishment of “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
After World War I, before the British Mandate for Palestine, Jews made up three percent of the total population. By 1947, after the Mandate facilitated Jewish immigration to Palestine, the Jewish community in Palestine increased to 33 percent.
This pledge is considered a main catalyst for the events that led to the Nakba --Arabic for ‘catastrophe’-- in 1948 when Palestinians were ethnically cleansed by the Zionist armed gangs who were previously trained by British troops to fight by them in World War II.
During the Nakba, over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homeland.
After World War I, before the British Mandate for Palestine, Jews made up three percent of the total population. By 1947, after the Mandate facilitated Jewish immigration to Palestine, the Jewish community in Palestine increased to 33 percent.
This pledge is considered a main catalyst for the events that led to the Nakba --Arabic for ‘catastrophe’-- in 1948 when Palestinians were ethnically cleansed by the Zionist armed gangs who were previously trained by British troops to fight by them in World War II.
During the Nakba, over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homeland.