The mere sixty seven words of the Balfour Declaration set in action the chain of events that led to the creation of the State of Israel thirty years later, and ultimately to the violence we are seeing in Gaza today. The question is why. Why, in the midst of a war, would the British Government take the time to promise a fringe group within the Jewish community to support their aspirations for a ‘homeland’ in Palestine? 

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Notes

The letter that led to the founding of Israel, documentary by Al Jazeera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLIBZ1Fewco

WWI Through Arab Eyes, documentary by Al Jazeera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzhZkvbbHc

Zionism: Real Enemy of the Jews: The False Messiah: 1, by Alan Hart: https://tinyurl.com/r4bxftu8

Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel, by Alison Weir: https://tinyurl.com/3c7bb2aa

Neither Pro Zionist nor Pro Arab but Pro Empire, a lecture by Professor Eugene Rogan to the Balfour Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQK9IpF7b90

The Balfour Declaration's Deep anti-Semitism and Racism - and Why It Still Matters, by Professor James Renton: https://tinyurl.com/3scpnawa

Great Britain, the Jews and Palestine (1936), by Samuel Landman: http://desip.igc.org/1939sLandman.htm

Making the World Safe for Democracy - The USA Enters WWI:

https://tinyurl.com/m7sftr6u