{"id":163987,"date":"2020-07-06T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=163987"},"modified":"2024-06-12T21:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:25:12","slug":"by-recognising-palestine-britain-can-help-right-the-wrongs-of-the-balfour-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/07\/by-recognising-palestine-britain-can-help-right-the-wrongs-of-the-balfour-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"By Recognising Palestine, Britain Can Help Right the Wrongs of the Balfour Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"

The theft of Palestinian land is a legacy of British colonialism. The UK must stand in the way of further Israeli annexations.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Protesters gather in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on June 6, 2020, to denounce Israel’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Photo by JACK GUEZ\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

22 Jun 2020 – <\/em>I<\/span><\/span>f ever there was a time to re-examine colonial legacies and responsibilities, this is it. The theft of Palestine from the Palestinians is one such legacy. On 2 November 1917, the foreign secretary, Arthur James Balfour, issued his famous declaration<\/a> in support of \u201ca national home for the Jewish people\u201d in Palestine. In 1917, Jews constituted 10% of the population, the rest were Arabs. Yet Britain recognised the national rights of a tiny minority and denied it to the majority.<\/p>\n