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Balfour Declaration
Foreign office
November 2nd, 1917
Dear 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 Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours 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 sincerely, Arthur James Balfour
3/2/1919
Proposals to be presented to the Peace Conference.
The Zionist Organization respectfully submits the following draft resolutions for the consideration of the Peace Conference:
1.The High Contracting Parties recognise the historic title of the Jewish people to Palestine and the right of the Jews to reconstitute in Palestine their National Home.
2.The boundaries of Palestine shall be as declared in the Schedule annexed hereto.
3.The sovereign possession of Palestine shall be vested in the League of Nations and the Government entrusted to Great Britain as Mandatory of the League.
4.(Provision to be inserted relating to the application in Palestine of such of the general conditions attached to mandates as are suitable to the case. )
5.The mandate shall be subject also to the following special conditions:
I.Palestine shall be placed under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment there of the Jewish National Home and ultimately render possible the creation of an autonomous Commonwealth, 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.
II.To this end the Mandatory Power shall inter alia:
a.Promote Jewish immigration and close settlement on the land, the established rights of the present non-Jewish population being equitably safeguarded.
b.Accept the cooperation in such measures of a Council representative of the Jews of Palestine and of the world that may be established for the development of the Jewish National Home in Palestine and entrust the organization of Jewish education to such Council
c.On being satisfied that the constitution of such Council precludes the making of private profit, offer to the Council in priority any concession for public works or for the development of natural resources which it may be found desirable to grant
I.The Mandatory Power shall encourage the widest measure of self-government for localities practicable in the conditions of the country
II.There shall be for ever the fullest freedom of religious worship for all creeds in Palestine There shall be no discrimination among the inhabitants with regard to citizenship and civil rights, on the grounds of religion, or of race
III.(Provision to be inserted relating to the control of the Holy Places)
Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) a hungarian Jew dreamt of establishing a jewish state in the land of Palestine. In 1895 he also wrote “we shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border... and both the process of expropriation and removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly”.
Originally posted by shapur
I wish Americans were generous,kind and adventurous enough to give Israelis a piece of land inside the US borders.And i wish Israelis were logical, less fanatic and brave enough to accept that offer so they could have lived in peace and harmony at last without the constant fear from the Muslims... And Palestinians could get their lands back and have a life for a change without the fear of Israelis...Then there would be no more conflict between Iran and America,and as a result no more conflict in the whole ME,That could possibly have impacted the whole worlds situation for the better.People could have lived with no fears,no sanctions, no wars no Alqaida and no Armagedon.Then all of us could have concentrated on the main issue facing us the economy,and i am sure we could have come up with a solution if we put our differences aside......Or perhaps i am too idealistic...seems like "they" are intentionally promoting constant conflicts in the ME and the world....I sooo hate them greedy war mongers fear profiters.
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
There's a reason the press doesn't report bad news about Israel;
LINK
There is a strong suspicion in Helsinki that Israel exacted “price tag” revenge in lobbying against a Finnish seat on the Security Council because of past statements by members of the center-left Finnish government of National Coalition Party Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen against Israeli treatment of the Palestinians and the fact that the Estelle, the latest ship that tried to run the Israeli blockade of Gaza, is registered in Turku, Finland and was flying the Finnish flag. Price tag attacks have been behind Jewish attacks on mosques and Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches and shrines in Jerusalem. Jews carry out such attacks as the “price tag” for pressure brought by Palestinians and Christians against Israeli expansionist policies in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Funny, the ONE GOOD thing that might come out of Citizen's United, is that other countries can now OUT BID Israel. Of course, it's really going to be tough to outbid banks, because they can basically print money now.
I'm not going to look at the CEOs of the top 10 banks right now, because that could be depressing.
Originally posted by something wicked
reply to post by Swills
Where did I try and paint muslims in a negative light, would you like to show that? I was merely saying that to try and say Hamas is innocent is ridiculous and that the militant section in Palestine would have polled at least as strongly as those in Israel - do you think differently?
Originally posted by DarknStormy
Originally posted by something wicked
reply to post by Swills
Where did I try and paint muslims in a negative light, would you like to show that? I was merely saying that to try and say Hamas is innocent is ridiculous and that the militant section in Palestine would have polled at least as strongly as those in Israel - do you think differently?
Hamas might not be innocent, but they have every right to be a little bit pissed off at what is happening in that part of the world.
Originally posted by something wicked
reply to post by Swills
Where did I try and paint muslims in a negative light, would you like to show that? I was merely saying that to try and say Hamas is innocent is ridiculous and that the militant section in Palestine would have polled at least as strongly as those in Israel - do you think differently?
Originally posted by Swills
Where did I try and paint muslims in a negative light, would you like to show that? I was merely saying that to try and say Hamas is innocent is ridiculous and that the militant section in Palestine would have polled at least as strongly as those in Israel - do you think differently?
Originally posted by something wicked
I'm sure they do, not all of their missiles/suicide bombs may be working. Sorry, if you are going to really push this, Hamas does not speak out against the use of suicide bombers. Agree?
Do you think they are justified or are you just anti Israeli?
Because the US supports this Apartheid State.
Originally posted by bobs_uruncle
If this is the case and Israel is an apartheid state, why are there no sanctions against Israel as there were with South Africa?
Originally posted by Tw0Sides
Because the US supports this Apartheid State.
Originally posted by bobs_uruncle
If this is the case and Israel is an apartheid state, why are there no sanctions against Israel as there were with South Africa?
First line nailed it.