With the 100th anniversary of a key Zionist declaration approaching, the Palestinian Authority said it plans to sue Britain for issuing the edict. The P.A.’s foreign minister, Riyad al-Malki, told ...
Some promises are made and kept; others disavowed. But the ‘promise’ made by Arthur James Balfour in what became known as the ‘Balfour Declaration’ to the leaders of the Zionist Jewish community in ...
The late prominent scholar of settler-colonialism, Patrick Wolfe, reminded us repeatedly that it is not an event, it is a structure. While settler-colonialism in many cases has a historical starting ...
The declaration turned the Zionist aim of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine into a reality when Britain pledged to establish “a national home for the Jewish people”, Al Jazeera says. As Israeli ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This 1979 United Nations film provides a brief history of Palestine and the creation of Israel as well as Arab perspectives of the events. The film ...
The British foreign minister who wrote the Balfour Declaration played a pivotal role in Israel’s establishment — and remains controversial today. (JTA) – This week, police in Cambridge, England, ...
The political turmoil in the United Kingdom following Prime Minister Theresa May’s re-election with a reduced, precarious majority and the implications for the UK’s negotiations to leave the European ...
It was a royal reveal of sorts. A red curtain concealed a small section of the large concrete wall Israel has built around much of the West Bank. A frail-looking Queen Elizabeth II -- not the real one ...