Alex Ryvchin

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Contrary to contemporary propaganda, the Balfour Declaration didn’t give Palestine to the Jews. It didn’t give anything to anyone. It favoured the idea of a liberated Ottoman colony which had been held by various foreign empires for 2,000 years, becoming an independent Jewish

Visegrád 24

Visegrád 24

A pro-Palestinian protester destroys a painting of Lord Balfour at the University of Cambridge. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which supported a "home for the Jewish people".