A truth from Israel

 

Balfour Declaration in 1917, Palestinian Human Rights in 2021 

By Adam Keller

    

This week 

104 years ago

The British government

 Issued the Balfour Declaration

 And voiced its support for

 A national home

 For the Jewish people.

 

In the final years of

The British Mandate

The Zionist Movement

Accused Britain

Of not keeping

Its commitments

Under the

Balfour Declaration.

    

As far as the Zionists

Were concerned,  

That was sufficient justification

For taking up arms,

Embarking on a rebellion

And killing hundreds

Of British soldiers and police.

    

However, the Balfour Declaration

Included a clear caveat:

The establishment of the

"National Homeland" was

Made conditional on

Protecting the rights of

The "non-Jewish communities,"

Meaning the Arab inhabitants

Of Palestine.

 

Can even the most

Enthusiastic Zionist

Seriously claim that

The State of Israel,

The "National Homel",

 Has met and is meeting

 That condition

 Set out in

 The Balfour Declaration?

 

~ Gush Shalom Statement, Nov. 2, 2021      Contact: Adam Keller +972-(0)54-2340749