PM: Palestinian bid to sue UK is doomed to fail

26 July 2016, 8:14 pm

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Netanyahu dismisses as futile the Palestinian Authority’s plan to sue the British government over the Balfour Declaration, the 1917 letter by then-UK foreign secretary Arthur Balfour that paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel.

Speaking at a service on Mount Herzl to mark the 112th anniversary of the death of Theodor Herzl, the PM says “the root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is their refusal to accept the existence of a Jewish state within any borders. This is and will remain the heart of the conflict.”

The PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told Arab League leaders gathered in Mauritania yesterday that London is responsible for all “Israeli crimes” committed since the end of the British mandate in 1948.