In response to the vandalism at Cambridge University of a portrait of Lord Balfour by a pro-Palestinian protestor, Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, posted the following statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. Balfour served as Foreign Secretary in the government of former British Prime Minister, Lloyd George, when in 1917, a declaration was made supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in what was then Palestine.
Contrary to contemporary propaganda, the Balfour Declaration didn’t give Palestine to the Jews. It didn’t give anything to anyone. It favoured the idea of a liberated Ottoman colony which had been held by various foreign empires for 2,000 years, becoming an independent Jewish… https://t.co/6RxylsltpB
— Alex Ryvchin (@AlexRyvchin) March 8, 2024
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-68515368
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