Address by Mr. Emil Ghoury (member of the Arab Higher Committee) to the final session of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry: “The Palestine Arabs are not alone in their struggle against the Balfour Declaration and the mandate. The entire Arab and Muslim worlds support them in any stand they may take vis-a-vis the Zionist policy… […]
“There could be no doubt as to what the Cabinet then had in their minds. It was not their idea that a Jewish state should be set up immediately by the peace treaty without reference to the wishes of the majority of the inhabitants. On the other hand, it was contemplated that when the time […]
November 2nd, 1917 The Balfour Declaration The fact that the Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917, in order to enlist Jewish support for the allies and the fact that this support was forthcoming are not sufficiently appreciated in Palestine. The Arabs do not appear to realize in the first place that the present position of […]
November 2, 1917 The Balfour Declaration Transjordan Mr. Leopold S. Amery, one of the Secretaries to the British War Cabinet in 1917 and 1918, and thereafter Under Secretary and Secretary of State for the Colonies, gave the following testimony upon this subject to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in January, 1946. “Q. (by Mr. Buxton) […]
Primary Source November 2nd, 1917, The Balfour Declaration Secondary Sources November 2nd, 1917,The Balfour Declaration November 2nd, 1917, The Balfour Declaration November 2nd, 1917, The Balfour Declaration, Transjordan The First World War and the Balfour Declaration, Based on Albright, et al, Palestine: A Study of Jewish, Arab and British Policies The Dreyfus Exhibit 1 – […]
The fact that the Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917, in order to enlist Jewish support for the allies and the fact that this support was forthcoming are not sufficiently appreciated in Palestine. The Arabs do not appear to realize in the first place that the present position of the Arab world as a whole […]
