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Balfour's tragic legacy
On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour announced that his government supported the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, without specifying its form or borders. The guarantees to Palestinians, whom the text described as “non-Jewish communities,” were limited to civil and religious rights, with no recognition of their political rights. The declaration became part of the British Mandate, was endorsed by international powers, and was later invoked by the Zionist movement in its efforts to establish Israel in 1948, amid Palestinian resistance that included the uprisings of 1929 and 1936. The article links the promise to the displacement that followed the Nakba, noting that UNRWA counts around 5.9 million Palestinian refugees, including more than 1.5 million living in 58 camps.
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