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‘Perfidious Albion? The British Legacy in Palestine’ – Prof. Ilan Pappe
Prof Ilan Pappe spoke at the Kenyon Institute in Jerusalem 17th September 2012 on the topic ‘Perfidious Albion? The British Legacy in Palestine’ .
Posted in Balfour, History, Media
Tagged 19th Century, Balfour, Balfour Declaration, Brightman, Hussein Ibn Ali, Palmerston, restaurationism, Shaftesbury, Zionism
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Britain’s betrayal of the sacred trust in Palestine, Prof John Dugard
I want to discuss Britain’s special historic role in securing peace in the Middle East; about the “sacred trust” that the UK undertook in 1920 to lead the people of Palestine to full statehood and independence. I know that … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Balfour, Perspectives
Tagged 1917, 1922, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, John Dugard, Middle East, Palestine
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Promises and Betrayals
Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land The bitter struggle between Arab and Jew to control the Holy Land has caused untold suffering in the Middle East for generations. It is often claimed that crisis originated with Jewish immigration … Continue reading
Posted in History, Media, Perspectives
Tagged anti-semitism, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, Lloyd George, McMahon, McMahon Hussain, Middle East, Palestine
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The Other Arthur Balfour ‘PROTECTOR OF THE JEWS’
By: Brian Klug From Brian Klug, Being Jewish and Doing Justice: Bringing Argument to Life London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2011, pp. 199-210 There appears to be a conundrum about Arthur Balfour.1 On the one hand, his name is inseparable from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens act, Balfour, Balfour Declaration, Christian Zionism, Klug, Sykes Picot, Zionism
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Evaluating the Balfour Declaration
Evaluating the Balfour Declaration: Breaking the Deadlock in the Middle East. Saturday May 18th 2013. The Stripe, University of Winchester A one day conference exploring the different legacies of the Balfour Declaration and how a greater understanding of history can … Continue reading
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Lloyd George
Lloyd George, David, (First Earl of Dwyfor) 1863-1945 Introduction Because the focus of this website is the Balfour Declaration and its consequences, this biography will be limited to Lloyd George’s career until the end of the First World War, with … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, History
Tagged Baptist, Celtic fringe, evangelical, First World War, Liberal, Lloyd George
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Deliberate deceit.
Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Curzon in 1919: ‘in Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country….The Four Great Powers are committed to Zionism. And Zionism, … Continue reading
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Cancelled – Victory or Betrayal?
Victory or Betrayal ?- The Balfour Declaration and the Middle-Eastern Crisis, has been cancelled. It is hoped that this can reorganised at a later date. Since 2017 will mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, there is much interest in … Continue reading
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Reasons for the Balfour Declaration
In an article in the Jewish Chronicle on November 8, 2012 Geoffrey Alderman gave his views on the reasons for the Balfour Declaration. ‘Last week marked the 95th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. This took the form of a letter, … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, History
Tagged Balfour, Balfour Declaration, Christian Zionism, Lloyd George, Rothschild, Zionism
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Time to remind ourselves of Britain’s unhelpful legacy to the Palestinians
It’s 95 years since Lord Balfour informed Baron Rothschild that Britain would back a new Jewish state. The anniversary has been marked not with fireworks, but bombs. By Yasmin Alibhai Brown Monday, 19 November 2012
The Secret of Leopold Amery
Leopold Amery, 1930, National Portrait Gallery The drafter of the Balfour Declaration was a secret Zionist in what historian William Rubinstein states was “probably the most remarkable example of concealment of identity in twentieth-century British political history” “…Because … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, First World War, Palestine, Sykes
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Britain in Palestine, Broken Promises
Broken promises: Britain in Palestine A one-day conference on the British responsibility for conflict between Israelis and Palestinians took place at the Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh on Friday 2nd November. A full house included people of Christian, Muslim and … Continue reading
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19th Century Anti-Semitism and the Zionist Movement.
by Dan Cohn Sherbok By the last decades of the nineteenth century the European Jewish community had attained a high degree of emancipation. Nevertheless political conditions in Europe after 1870 brought about considerable disruption: several proud and independent nations emerged … Continue reading
Edwin Montagu and Zionism 1917
Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present (British) Government – Submitted to the British Cabinet, August, 1917 I have chosen the above title for this memorandum, not in any hostile sense, not by any means as quarrelling … Continue reading
Films
With God on our Side by Porter Speakman Jr Synopsis: With God On Our Side takes a look at the theology of Christian Zionism, which teaches that because the Jews are God’s chosen people, … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-semitism, Christian Zionism, Israel, Jew, Middle East, Palestine, Zionism
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