Comments on: Palestine – Balfour Declaration Raises Arab Hackles…writes David Singer https://www.jwire.com.au/palestine-balfour-declaration-raises-arab-hackles-writes-david-singer/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sat, 04 May 2013 17:47:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Singer https://www.jwire.com.au/palestine-balfour-declaration-raises-arab-hackles-writes-david-singer/#comment-41423 Sat, 04 May 2013 17:47:34 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=34089#comment-41423 The Balfour Declaration was unanimously adopted by every member state of the League of Nations when approving the Mandate for Palestine. That is what turned an instrument of domestic law into an internationally legally binding document,.

]]> By: Matt https://www.jwire.com.au/palestine-balfour-declaration-raises-arab-hackles-writes-david-singer/#comment-41303 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:26:38 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=34089#comment-41303 The Balfour Declaration came, as it were, ex cathedra from on high; the coalition cabinet represented all the parties – save the Asquith Liberals – and had a much greater degree of autonomy than any peacetime cabinet. It operated enshrouded in secrecy, gave no reasons for the Declaration, outlined no conditions – other than those in the Declaration itself – and expected no accountability. The Declaration was not debated in either of the Houses of Parliament and like most foreign policy issues, was never approved by the British legislature.

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