Tag: Balfour Declaration

• Thursday, November 2nd 2017 - 11:34 UTC

  PM May and Netanyahu mark centenary of the contentious Balfour Declaration

  

  PM Theresa May is to host her Israeli counterpart as part of events marking the centenary of a British pledge which paved the way for Israel's creation. Benjamin Netanyahu's visit comes on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine.