One of the British paper’s chief editorial writers authored a list of what the publication now considers its gravest mistakes. (JTA) — In an article about its “worst errors of judgment” from its ...

A mere sixty-seven words helped alter the course of history. A century years ago this past week, November 2, 1917, the Balfour Declaration was issued, declaring British support for the establishment ...

STORY: A video posted on social media by the Palestine Action protest group showed a woman spraying red paint over the life-size portrait before cutting it repeatedly with a knife - the latest in a ...

Britain's Balfour Declaration turns 100 this week, hailed by Israel for helping lead to its founding, but viewed by Palestinians as contributing to a catastrophe that stole their land. The November 2, ...

It has been 100 years since the Balfour Declaration – issued by the British government on Nov. 2, 1917 – offered the first international recognition of Jewish national aspirations. In many ways, its ...

Sitting in an antique armchair in the dappled light of his Renaissance-inspired West Bank mansion, Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri raised a subject that has angered him for eight decades. "Can ...

The British foreign minister who wrote the Balfour Declaration played a pivotal role in Israel’s establishment — and remains controversial today. (JTA) – This week, police in Cambridge, England, ...

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It is now 100 years since the Balfour Declaration was issued. In a letter dated Nov. 2, 1917, British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour submitted a letter to Walter Rothschild, the leader of the British ...

On Nov. 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote a letter to Walter Rothschild, head of the English branch of the storied banking dynasty. Balfour wrote that “His Majesty’s Government ...