The Balfour Declaration and the Mandate did not promise the Jews a State скачать в хорошем качестве

The Balfour Declaration and the Mandate did not promise the Jews a State

Unlike the vague language of the Balfour Declaration, the Mandate Charter clearly affirmed Palestinian self-determination as a core principle of international law — and promised independence at a time when Palestinian Christian and Muslim Arabs made up 90% of the population. This video explores how British duplicity, driven by imperial interests, planted the seeds of a conflict that still reverberates today. Palestine Refugee families are counting on UNRWA - and on you - to help them through unimaginable hardships. Please consider making a donation: https://donate.unrwa.org/int/en/general Links to sources below: The Balfour Declaration (1917) Letter from Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild expressing support for a "national home for the Jewish people." https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_cent... Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations (1919) The legal foundation of the mandate system, recognizing the rights of former Ottoman communities. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_cent... Winston Churchill, 1922 White Paper on Palestine British clarification rejecting the idea of a wholly Jewish state in Palestine. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/21st_cent... Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) Secret British-French plan to divide Ottoman Arab lands into colonial spheres of influence. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_cent...