Much has already been written about the Trump administration’s release of its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. I will not repeat the criticisms. Instead, I
Tag: Balfour Declaration
The Big Picture: The Empire Of Banks (III)
Read Part II here A change of paradigm At the eve of the 20th century, something deeply changed in geopolitics, and the priorities of international
Jerusalem – The Straw that Breaks the Empire’s Back?
When President Trump on 6 December 2017 declared unilaterally Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to where the US Embassy shall relocate, he violated UN
It Has Never Been So Good
One Hundred years after the Balfour Declaration – what is actually going on in Palestine? I’d like to say that Palestine is burning and Israel
The Balfour Declaration – One Hundred Years of (Goyim) Solitude
In Heidegger and the Jews, the French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard points out that history claims to narrate the past but, in practice, what it does
The Balfour Declaration – A Century of Jewish Power
This year, Palestinians and their supporters mark the 100th anniversary of The Balfour Declaration, a written statement from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Arthur James
The Ignoble History and Legacy of the Balfour Declaration
On 2 November 1917 the British government in the form of the country’s then foreign secretary, Sir Arthur Balfour, addressed a letter to Lord Rothschild,
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100 Years On: The Balfour Declaration Explained
This week, Palestinians around the world are marking 100 years since the Balfour Declaration was issued on November 2, 1917. The declaration turned the Zionist aim
