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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Lord Balfour

A pro-Palestinian protestor squirts tomato ketchup on a statue of Lord Arthur Balfour, in the House of Commons, London, November 12, 2022. (Video screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)
November 13, 2022, 6:01 pm
2 pro-Palestinian activists squirt ketchup on Balfour statue in London, are arrested
Demonstrators tarnish effigy of former PM in Parliament to mark anniversary of 1917 declaration, in which Britain backed a Jewish homeland in Palestine
By ToI Staff
Arab-Israeli parliament member Osama Saadi reacts during a debate at the Interior Affairs committee meeting, on November 10, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 2, 2021, 10:46 pm
Joint List MK decries ‘cursed’ Balfour Declaration on anniversary
Osama Saadi says key milestone in establishment of the Jewish State is not a cause for celebration: ‘The Jewish people has its own home and the Palestinian people do not’
By ToI Staff
Edwin Montagu/ Lord Balfour's writing desk, at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv (Ziko/Wikipedia)
February 9, 2019, 2:49 pm
How a curious love triangle spurred UK’s cabinet to pass the Balfour Declaration
Back in 1917, Jewish Cabinet minister Edwin Montagu furiously blocked declaring Palestine a Jewish homeland, but his marriage to a former PM’s fatal attraction shifted the scales
By Robert Philpot
Authors Elliot Jager (left) and Azriel Bermant (center) discussing British-Israeli relations with journalist Matthew Kalman at a Times of Israel event in Jerusalem on February 27, 2018. (Eliyahu Yanai/Mishkenot Sha'ananim)
February 28, 2018, 1:52 pm
100 years after Balfour, Britain still shaping the region, say pair of authors
In front of Jerusalem crowd heavy with British accents and wit, Elliot Jager and Azriel Bermant share ups and downs of Zionist-British relations and where the alliance stands today
By Tracy Frydberg
In this photo from 1930, British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur Balfour poses for camera. (AP Photo)
November 1, 2017, 8:30 pm
How AP in 1917 reported the Balfour Declaration for a Jewish homeland
Read the original Associated Press article from 100 years ago about the letter that laid the foundation for the State of Israel
By AP
From left, Lords Edmund Allenby, Arthur Balfour and Sir Herbert Samuel, at Hebrew University in 1925. (Library of Congress)
November 1, 2017, 2:46 pm
Balfour Declaration: A century old and as disputed as ever
Researchers at the Shalom Hartman Institute dive into what the media is and isn’t saying about the British letter’s meaning and impact upon its 100th anniversary
By Alan D. Abbey and Benjamin Emmerich
Zionist Union MK Zouheir Bahloul in the Knesset on December 5, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 30, 2017, 10:10 pm
Arab MK from Zionist Union plans to skip Knesset’s Balfour tribute
‘This is not a joint celebration for me and my Jewish friends’ says Zoheir Bahloul; MKs from Joint (Arab) List also to stay away
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 10 Downing Street in London, February 6, 2017. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
October 25, 2017, 6:37 pm
Theresa May vows to mark Balfour centennial ‘with pride’
A week before hosting Netanyahu in London, British PM acknowledges Palestinian ‘sensitivities,’ urges commitment to two-state solution
By Raphael Ahren
Britain's Prince Charles attends the funeral of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Abir Sultan)
March 9, 2017, 3:10 pm
First official UK royal visit to Israel ‘looks set’ for this year
Palace sources said to confirm trip being planned in Balfour centennial year, a day after President Rivlin issues formal invitation via Boris Johnson
By Raoul Wootliff
An image posted by Benjamin Netanyahu on Facebook shows him standing with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in the room in London's Foreign Office where Arthur Balfour signed his famous 1917 declaration. February 6, 2017 (Facebook)
February 6, 2017, 11:59 pm
PM: Invite to Balfour centenary ‘speaks volumes’ about Israel-UK ties
Netanyahu contrasts May’s warm outreach to Israel with Palestinian Authority plan to sue UK over landmark 1917 Declaration
By ToI Staff
Lord Arthur Balfour and the Balfour Declaration (Wikimedia commons)
February 6, 2017, 10:01 am
Current Lord Balfour heartily endorses 1917 declaration
Roderick Balfour sends letter to Limmud conference expressing pride in great-great-uncle’s famous letter supporting Jewish statehood
By ToI Staff
MP Michael Gove speaks, and former Israeli Foreign Ministry director general Dore Gold, Israeli Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev, and other speakers look on, at a Houses of Parliament event to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, November 29, 2016 (Courtesy)
November 29, 2016, 8:07 pm
UK kicks off Balfour centennial celebrations amid Palestinian protests
First in series of commemorations held for 1917 document by British foreign secretary that paved way to Israel’s creation
By Tamar Pileggi
Britain's Prince Charles attends the funeral of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Abir Sultan)
November 8, 2016, 4:17 pm
In historic first, senior British royal said to be planning official trip to Israel
Formal tour by member of monarchy would end absence for state’s entire existence, during which nearly every other country on earth was visited by a Crown representative
By Raoul Wootliff
November 2, 2016, 8:33 pm
Red tape, blunders keep Balfour Declaration away from the homeland it promised
Years after prime minister announced seminal Zionist document, issued 99 years ago today, would be displayed in Tel Aviv, dream of bringing it to Israel mired in renovations and bureaucratic snafus
By Raphael Ahren
The original Hebrew University buildings (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 9, 2012, 4:50 pm
History on high at Mount Scopus
A thank you gift from the Jews to Lord Balfour, the cemetery hilltop 834 meters above sea level has been a command post, a danger-zone, a world-class medical facility, and a fount of Hebrew knowledge
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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