The Balfour Declaration : Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard Regan

The Balfour Declaration : Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard ReganOn November 2, 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared that they were in favor of 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.' This short note would be one of the most controversial documents of its time. A hundred years after its signing, Bernard Regan recasts the history of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the story of the Middle East. Offering new

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