Category Archives: Perspectives

Part II The 1929 Palestine Riots: A Conflicted Jewish Historiography

Posted on July 21, 2017 by admin

By William M Mathew IV: Commissions & Reports; White Paper & Letter These, 1929-31 – from Shaw and Hope Simpson to Passfield and MacDonald – have been cited in the opening paragraph above. Hillel Cohen`s approach is merely to list … Continue reading →

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Unfinished business? Seeking peace through the door of justice in the Holy Land

Posted on June 23, 2017 by admin

Read the article by The Very Revd Nicholas Frayling, Dean Emeritus of Chichester,  on Unfinished Business  in the Pax Christi newsletter of June – July  2017

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Mahatma Gandhi and the Wounds of History: Palestine, India and the British Empire in the 20th century

Posted on March 2, 2017 by admin

Professor Rajmohan Gandhi,   Committee Room 14,  in the House of Commons, London,  18th April 2017 The British Parliament does not often hear an Asian perspective on the Middle East. The very term ‘Middle East’ is Europe-centred; in India the region … Continue reading →

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The Balfour Declaration

Posted on November 13, 2016 by admin

It is no exaggeration that the history of Israel/Palestine for the last hundred years has turned on the seminal Balfour Declaration of November 1917. Loved and loathed in equal measure, this was the letter that changed the future. The following extract … Continue reading →

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Palestine and Britain 1917-1948: Competing Policies, Creative Commemoration

Posted on November 8, 2016 by admin

This talk was given at the The Balfour Project  conference in Southwark Cathedral  on 5th November 2016  entitled: ‘How will we mark the Centenary of the Balfour Declaration’ By Dr Peter Shambrook Context: it is only in the context of … Continue reading →

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Balfour Declaration Centenary, 2017: towards constructive commemoration

Posted on October 16, 2016 by admin

‘I never knew that ……’ Liverpool Hope University 1st October 2016. The use of round tables in the Eden Arbour Room at Liverpool Hope University facilitated a welcome and a warmth to the buzz of conversation as participants in the … Continue reading →

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Balfour, Weizmann and the Creation of Israel by Charles Glass

Posted on September 8, 2016 by admin

Charles Glass, writing in the London Review of Books in 2001, reviewed two books looking at the period of the British Mandate in Palestine. It was also published in the Guardian under the tilte: The Mandate Years; colonialism and the … Continue reading →

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‘Britain in Palestine’ shown in UK Parliament

Posted on May 27, 2016 by admin

Parliamentarians from all four of Britain’s main political parties sponsored a showing of ‘Britain in Palestine, 1917-1948’ in The Attlee Suite – one of the main conference suites in the British Parliament. The audience of 130 watched the documentary, which … Continue reading →

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McMahon, Sykes, Balfour: Contradictions and Concealments in British Palestine Policy 1915-1917

Posted on April 17, 2016 by admin

by WILLIAM M. MATHEW Lecture given to the History Group of The Norfolk Club, 14 April 2016 to mark the centenary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916 Abstract These three war-time initiatives are presented as part of a compressed, uncoordinated, two-year … Continue reading →

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J.M.N. Jeffries` Palestine Deception: Modern Resonances

Posted on March 21, 2016 by admin

In a recent review article (New Middle Eastern Studies 5 [2015]) on , The Palestine Deception, 1915-1923: The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, the Balfour Declaration, and the Jewish National Home. ed William Mathew Dr. Nadia Naser-Najjab of the Institute of Arab and … Continue reading →

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Britain made the mess and should help sort it out

Posted on February 19, 2016 by admin

Scores of people squeezed into Sarum College, Salisbury, to hear from experts on the Balfour Declaration of 1917 which gave British support to a home for Jews in historical Palestine. The Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling said the declaration was the … Continue reading →

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A lapse into clarity. The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence revisited

Posted on November 9, 2015 by admin

By Dr Peter Shambrook Paper given at the Balfour Project conference, Britain and Palestine: past history & future role, Durham, Oct 31st 2015   Abstract The origins of the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence – and the subsequent official interpretations, and the controversies … Continue reading →

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The Companion Guide to our film ‘Britain in Palestine 1917-1948’

Posted on October 25, 2015 by admin

The Companion Guide has been professionally written for us, and gives fascinating background to the history introduced in the film. To give you an idea of what is in it  see the section on the Balfour Declaration. It has 83 … Continue reading →

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Film of Britain in Palestine, 1917-1948

Posted on May 4, 2015 by admin

The Balfour Project is pleased to announce the release of the film ‘Britain in Palestine 1917-1948’ Telling the story of 30 complex years in less than 20 minutes is a challenge, and so the narrative is a simple one. Many … Continue reading →

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Rescuing Balfour: Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office 1921-22, By William Mathew

Posted on April 2, 2015 by admin

                    Given the sheer improbability of the Balfour Declaration, its source in temporary war-time contingencies, its activation of inter-communal conflict in Palestine, and its exposure to increasing opposition both at home and in the Levant, the 1917 War Cabinet pledge … Continue reading →

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