Comments on: Even Balfour supported equal rights for Palestinians

By: _Sarah_

_Sarah_ — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:37:58 +0000

It doesn't matter how long afterwards the clarification of the Balfour Declaration was written. It is a clarification of the original document in response to misunderstandings (largely by the Zionists) of what the declaration was supposed to mean. Here is the language that is used to show what the original intent of the Balfour Declaration was: "The tension which has prevailed from time to time in Palestine is mainly due to apprehensions, which are entertained both by sections of the Arab and by sections of the Jewish population. These apprehensions, so far as the Arabs are concerned, are partly based upon exaggerated interpretations of the meaning of the Declaration favouring the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine, made on behalf of His Majesty's Government on 2nd November, 1917. Unauthorised statements have been made to the effect that the purpose in view is to create a wholly Jewish Palestine. Phrases have been used such as that Palestine is to become "as Jewish as England is English." His Majesty's Government regard any such expectation as impracticable and have no such aim in view. Nor have they at any time contemplated, as appears to be feared by the Arab Delegation, the disappearance or the subordination of the Arabic population, language or culture in Palestine. They would draw attention to the fact that the terms of the Declaration referred to do not contemplate that Palestine as a whole should be converted into a Jewish National Home, but that such a Home should be founded in Palestine"

By: Jacobwolfen

Jacobwolfen — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:49:21 +0000

That was 5 years after the declaration.

By: Light

Light — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:53:41 +0000

No, only that the Zionists and the British had different interpretations of the Balfour Declaration. The Zionists wanted an independent Jewish State and read it that way. The British view 1922 was that Palestine would remain Palestine and include both Jews and Arabs.

By: RowanBerkeley

RowanBerkeley — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:31:18 +0000

Word.

By: onlooker

onlooker — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:07:49 +0000

Actually, it reveals the power of Rothschild over Britain at the time.

By: onlooker

onlooker — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:06:31 +0000

Translation of hasbara as rendered by Jacobwolfen: The Brits were trying to honor the equity in their original Balfour Declaration and the Jews didn't like it, so they continued to terrorize the Brits who had responsibility over the mandate land. Of course the original Balfour Declaration gave land to Jews as way of getting the USA into WW1 via zionists in the USA. The BD was directed to Britain's chief banker, Rothschild; Britain was bankrupt at the time and the Germans were winning.

By: Jacobwolfen

Jacobwolfen — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:14:39 +0000

Luckily, the law evolves. British contemplation reveals the lack of British higher thinking.

By: TweetyBird

TweetyBird — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:04:17 +0000

I like him. He's silly.

By: _Sarah_

_Sarah_ — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:33:35 +0000

A couple more important quotes from the White Paper: "They would draw attention to the fact that the terms of the Declaration referred to do not contemplate that Palestine as a whole should be converted into a Jewish National Home, but that such a Home should be founded 'in Palestine.' …it is contemplated that the status of all citizens of Palestine in the eyes of the law shall be Palestinian, and it has never been intended that they, or any section of them, should possess any other juridical status."

By: Jacobwolfen

Jacobwolfen — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:53:32 +0000

Appears that the British were imposing racial quotas, forcing Jews to hire Arabs to do menial labor. Seems the Palestinians problems go back to British racist policy which was in favor of Arabs.