Category Archives: Perspectives

And the best book about the Balfour Declaration is…

Posted on October 22, 2018 by admin

Book review of Palestine the Reality by J.M.N. Jeffries – Skyscraper By John McHugo  Many people trying to get to grips with the Israel/Palestine conflict begin with the First World War and the contradictory promises Britain made at that time. … Continue reading →

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Swedish recognition of Palestine: politics, law, and prospects for peace

Posted on October 5, 2018 by admin

Dr Jacob Eriksson, University of York Sweden’s decision to recognise Palestine on 30 October, 2014, was a controversial one and this article explores two key aspects. First, it contextualises the decision in relation to doctrines about the recognition of states … Continue reading →

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Why the state of Palestine is an existential must for the security and viability of the state of Israel

Posted on July 25, 2018 by admin

 Ilan Baruch, Jerusalem, 23.7.2018    In his ground-breaking speech at the Bar-Ilan University (June 2009), shortly after his second term as PM had begun, Benjamin Netanyahu accentuated the Jewish narrative as the bedrock of Israel: 3500 years of bonding between … Continue reading →

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“The Jewish Question” in 19th century Europe

Posted on July 5, 2018 by admin

Ian Portman Abstract Faced with increasing  antisemitism in Europe towards the end of the 19th century, many Jews chose to join the great waves of European emigration  to the United States. Since the high middle ages, most of the world’s … Continue reading →

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Britain Palestine Israel – 70 years on

Posted on March 21, 2018 by admin

Donate A  20-page booklet is now available containing the speeches at the conference of the Balfour Project in partnership with King’s College London (see below). The booklet also includes the Balfour Centenary Declaration, which has now been signed by 141 … Continue reading →

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Evangelicals, the Balfour Declaration and Zionism

Posted on December 19, 2017 by admin

By Roger Spooner When talking about the Balfour Declaration with a pastor from Bethlehem, he commented,’ the problems for the Palestinians didn’t start in 1917, they started in 1840′. Literal reading of the Bible which had developed in the 17th … Continue reading →

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Prophet of Doom: E.T. Richmond, Palestine 1920-1924

Posted on December 8, 2017 by admin

John Richmond Ernest Richmond ETR was a an architect who spent many years in the Arab World and was invited in 1920 by Sir Herbert Samuel to join the Palestine administration. His son has written about some of his writings … Continue reading →

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The Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917: A Fateful Improbability

Posted on November 11, 2017 by admin

Centenary Lecture to the History Group, The Norfolk Club, 14 September 2017 by William Mathew It is argued here that only a special conjuncture of chance and short-term circumstance made it possible for an effective pro-Zionist policy to be successfully … Continue reading →

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An interview between Mr Balfour and Justice Brandeis, Paris 1919

Posted on November 4, 2017 by admin

Present: Mr. Balfour, Mr. Justice Brandeis, Lord Eustace Percy and Mr. Frankfurter 2 Mr. Balfour expressed great satisfaction that Justice Brandeis came to Europe3He said the Jewish problem (of which the Palestinian question is only a fragment but an essential … Continue reading →

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Memories Of The Future: On The Anniversary Of The Balfour Declaration

Posted on November 4, 2017 by admin

By His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal Member of the Jordanian royal family “A historian can record what went wrong, but – in his feckless and unhelpful way – he’s not necessarily there to tell them how they … Continue reading →

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Prominent Israelis call for recognition of Palestine

Posted on October 28, 2017 by admin

                                                                                    Jerusalem,  26.10.2017 BRITAIN’S BROKEN PROMISE: TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH The 1917 Balfour Declaration, issued by the British Empire at the height of its power, promised to help “facilitate the achievement” of a “national home for the Jewish … Continue reading →

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A calamitous promise

Posted on October 23, 2017 by admin

The Guardian’s Long Read of 17 October was headlined ‘Britain’s calamitous promise’. Author Ian Black writes ‘The brief document that bears Balfour’s name is seen as marking the beginning of what is today widely considered the world’s most intractable conflict.’ … Continue reading →

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Calls for Acknowledgement of Britain’s Role

Posted on October 13, 2017 by admin

Nicholas Frayling in the Church Times: British responsibility for the contradictions in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute gives the UK a duty to right a wrong,  A policy of 1917 whose legacy needs addressing. Donald Macintyre in the Guardian Oct 13th ‘A … Continue reading →

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The Balfour Declaration: 100 Years On.

Posted on October 7, 2017 by admin

At this 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration which arrives on November 2nd many  events, looking at the century of conflict the Declaration has lead to, are taking place around the country. One major one on October 31st at Methodist Central  … Continue reading →

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Different ways of seeing the Balfour Declaration – BBC Radio 4 “Sunday” 1st October 2017

Posted on October 1, 2017 by admin

“The BBC Radio Four ‘Sunday’ programme on October 1st included this very fair and balanced report on the forthcoming centenary of the Balfour Declaration.   Chris Rose from the Amos Trust, speaking about the unfulfilled promises to the Palestinian people, echoed … Continue reading →

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