The Balfour Declaration which supposedly gave the Zionists the right to establish a NATIONAL HOME for Jewish people in Palestine is completely illegal. On November 2nd, 1917, when the Balfour declaration was issued, Palestine was still under the domain of the Ottoman Empire and the British had no legal rights to give away a land which was not under their dominion. Further, the declaration speaks only of establishing a “NATIONAL HOME for Jewish people in Palestine” and not a JEWISH STATE. The declaration clearly states that “IT BEING CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT NOTHING SHALL BE DONE WHICH MAY PREJUDICE THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF EXISTING NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN PALESTINE“. Whatever that the Zionists are doing now against Palestinians are against the Balfour declaration that the Zionists so dearly hold on to.
Below is the full text of the Balfour Declaration.
Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you. on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet
His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a NATIONAL HOME for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, “IT BEING CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT NOTHING SHALL BE DONE WHICH MAY PREJUDICE THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF EXISTING NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN PALESTINE” or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours,
Arthur James Balfour
