of the balfour declaration they betrayed it the jews kept the promise of the balfour declaration in one thousand four we say to people who say that the jews who currently run israel the israeli government betrays the second half of the balfour declaration which in mentioned earlier it betrays the part of the buffer the creation which says quote nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights the indigenous population which balfour rather dismissive is referred to as jewish as if they have no identity of their own but what would you say about that part of his clearly their rights have been prejudiced it could well be argued that there were many occasions since one thousand nine hundred seventy even in the partition plan of nine hundred forty seven itself when those rights could have been secured not just civil and religious but political rights in fact in one hundred forty seven in the framework of the partition plan and even earlier in the earlier partition plan even more favorable to the palestinians that resulted from the peel royal commission in one thous

because of the balfour declaration by the way the balfour declaration had one major effect it was to say that the jews could come to palestine they were in palestine by right and not on sufferance which meant immigration free immigration in practice the british limited this and they limited it increasingly over the period of mandate but in the one hundred twenty s. one hundred thousand jews came in the one nine hundred thirty s. as hitler came to power two hundred twenty thousand and then mostly illegally between the white paper and one hundred forty eight nine hundred thirty nine the british right off the start of aggression but still one hundred twenty thousand jews managed coming mostly illegally until one nine hundred forty eight without the balfour declaration without the mandate in particular the most of those four hundred fifty thousand jews would have been dead now this is one of the cruel moral calculations of the twentieth century seven hundred thousand palestinians made refugees in one thousand nine hundred seven or four hundred fifty thousand jews left did we may regret w

by october of one nine hundred seventeen the final draft of the balfour declaration was ready and waiting only british government final approval. there was a rumor that germany was about to issue a similar declaration supporting the rights of the jews in palestine when balfour heard he rushed to get his final draft discussed at the cabinets meeting on the thirty first of october one thousand nine hundred nineteen. so when we think about the centenary of the balfour declaration everyone considers second of november nineteenth seventeen as the moment of the day creation itself but it was actually agreed to by the british cabinet on the thirty first of october and this was a hugely significant meeting and in the minutes of that meeting balfour will reiterate the principle reasons for supporting zionism and highlights its expected propaganda effects amongst jews around the world particularly in the united states and in russia the argument was was put forward most strongly by lord balfour at the meeting of october thirty first and what he argued was that issuing this declaration would be extre

the balfour declaration was sent in 1917 to lord rothschild, leader of the british jewish community,dged support for the establishment of a national home forjews in the area of palestine, which was then part of the ottoman empire. the declaration was written by arthur balfour, conservative prime minister in the first few years of the 20th century, who later became foreign secretary. his successor 100 years on told mps the government was proud of the uk's part in the creation of israel. and i see no contradiction in being a friend of israel and a believer in that country's destiny while also being profoundly moved by the suffering of those who were affected and dislodged by its birth. that vital caveats in the balfour declaration intended to safeguard the rights of other communities, by which of course we mean the palestinians, has not been fully realised. as we approach the centenary of the balfour declaration we on this side of the house are glad tojoin him in commemorating this historic anniversary and expressing once again our continued support for the state of israel. notwithstan

proud of the declaration signed one hundred years ago that led to the creation of israel the balfour declaration was a nine hundred seventeen but your statement supporting a jewish state in palestine is johnson says parts of the agreement dealing with arab rights has not been fully realized he's calling for a two state solution the balfour declaration paved the way for the birth of a great nation. the state of israel has prevailed over every obstacle from the harshness of nature to the visceral hostility of its enemies to become a free society with a thriving and innovative economy and the same essential values that we in britain hold dear liberty democracy and the reel of law found a home in israel more so than anywhere else in the middle east most of all there is the incontestable moral purpose of his road to provide a persecuted people with a safe and secure continuing china and south korea have agreed to improve diplomatic relations after a year long standoff over the deployment of u.s. made anti missile systems in south korea sole and beijing say their work together to resolve the nuclear i

now events are being held in london this week to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the balfour declaration which paved the way for the creation of israel the declaration was made during the first world war after the defeat of the ottoman empire results is in the division of its territories including palestine the text was agreed by the british cabinet on october thirty first nineteen seventeen and issued two days later as an open letter from the foreign secretary arthur balfour to child a senior member of britain's jewish community in a single sentence of just sixty seven words it said that his majesty's government view. with favor the establishment in palestine of a national home for the jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of these objects the statement continued it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing northern jewish communities in palestine or the rights but it will state is enjoyed by jews in any other country in nineteen twenty two the league of nations mandated bri

s foreign secretary boris johnson says he's proud of the balfour declaration which was signed one hundred years ago and led to the creation of israel speaking of parliament an hour ago also went on to acknowledge that parts of the document dealing with arab rights had not been fully realized and they called for a two state solution the balfour declaration paved the way for the birth of a great nation the state of israel has prevailed over every obstacle from the harshness of nature to this group hostility of its enemies to become a free society with a thriving and innovative economy and the same essential values that we in britain hold dear liberty democracy and the reel of law found a home in israel more so than anywhere else in the middle east most of all there is the incontestable moral purpose of israel to provide a persecuted people with a safe and secure environment. or more on his comments are u.k. course one of my philips is with me in the studio now bobbie you've been watching that debate play out in parliament how did it go when you saw boris johnson's very complimentary remarks

message was slightly more nuanced he was saying that there was unfinished business that the balfour declaration had led to the creation of israel but it also in his words had led to injustice and tragedy for the palestinian people i think what's interesting was the marked difference in tactics when the main opposition party the labor party spoke their foreign affairs spokesman emily thornberry she's saying look britain has to recognize palestine now if not now then when boris johnson's reply you can only play that recognition card once by implication britain only has so much influence over the israelis and let's face it the americans you play that card well guess what the occupation does not end so for me i think the really interesting thing is a hundred years ago britain could rewrite the map and the history of the middle east today it looks on in futility and frustration. syrian government forces have stalled one of the last neighborhoods held by i saw in the eastern city of dollars or one hundred years the most populous area still under the armed groups control the syrian army broke i saw as

that they are saying about this and boris johnson the foreign minister saying today that the balfour declaration was an indispensable part in the birth of the great nation of israel and britain should be proud of its role and really thought bre the labor spokeswoman says that britain should recognize palestine now so all sorts of echoes of the past all sorts of more than political arguments raging will be following them from london throughout the week but barnaby phillips thank you for that and those mostly affected the palestinians where life for palestinians in gaza was mentioned proof of the reconciliation agreement between rival groups hamas and fatah but electricity is still being rationed to four hours a day three weeks after the deal it had originally been cast on the orders of the palestinian president to force hamas to the negotiation table and smith reports from gaza. they're nicknamed unkindly the a cursed because wherever these men are from garza electricity go. darkness follows mr norman models we always have to listen to people insulting us he says. in june israel agreed to reduce

creation of israel which fostered islamism in the middle east israel after all funded them us the balfour declaration would also help to cause havoc in the region rich involves all fuels but a different kind of fossil fuel havoc was addressed by the s. and p. at this week's pm queues the scottish parliament voted by ninety one votes to twenty eight to fracking in scotland. the prime minister why she wouldn't consider following school and introducing an interesting a moratorium in the rest of the united kingdom in order that could be a full evaluation of the health and environmental consequences of this controversial technology and in order that the public can be consulted drazen may made clear her unstinting support for the. technology which causes climate change this is an issue on which he and i simply going to disagree well someone who doesn't agree with the woman who lives in this house behind me and three activists a nine year old boy named all of the fashion icon vivienne westwood and her son the designer joe cora i'm going to go and see them at the gates to downing street. it was back in janua

we enter a week of commemorations around the centenary of the balfour declaration.st, a sanctuary for those who have suffered from anti—semitism and there is rise again? and in the state of israel, a true friend of the united kingdom. we are proud of the united kingdom. we are proud of the rule we played in the creation of the state of israel and we will certainly mark the centenary with pride. i am also pleased that the good trade relations and other relationships we have with israel, that we're building on and enhancing. we also must be conscious of the sensitivities that some people do have about the balfour declaration. we recognise there is more work to be done. we remain committed to the 2— state solution in relation to israel and the palestinians. that an important game. i think it's important we all make to make sure we provide security and stability and justice for israelis and palestinians through a lasting peace. trying to get a decision on the swansea bay tidal lagoon is becoming like groundhog day. swansea is ready, the investors are ready, can i have t

several stories taking place we're going to focus on one and three initially hundred years on the balfour declaration explain i mean it's just sixty seven words long but it certainly launched but his body seen today as the world's most intractable conflict between the israelis and the palestinians because of all the latest updates looked like that's going to be brewing for some time now obviously keeping an eye on that as is the web team the criticism we've dealt with . as far as that is concerned and in the u.s. at number eight u.s. white lives matter there's a rally there that's been going on a sort of a real push back what you see from the other side of the street and it makes an interesting read as don doesn't want to close and the tense position which has been in the top ten ever since it ever since it started. the protests is. fed up with iraq against women so they're taking to the streets of paris to make that known the rally is part of the global me to campaign launched off of claims of sexual assaults by the phone producer avi weinstein it urges women to speak out against sexual abuse let's

sooner this week rather palestinians around the world are marking one hundred years since the balfour declaration was issued that was on november second one thousand seven hundred so we'd much more about it's. ok for the counts of killings rapes torture and other atrocities and refugees forced from their homes in me and mar are losing their abandoned farmlands to me and mars government human rights activists say it costs more doubt over whether they'll ever be able to return from bangladesh that's where hundreds of thousands are sheltering the government has begun harvesting rice in three row hinge overload. has in mind dow township that's in rakhine state almost thirty thousand hectares of this land are owned by farmers who are driven away by violence that started in late august a spokesman for the agriculture ministry has told al-jazeera that the money from the sale will go to the local governments florence louis has more from me and more is largest city gone. there are a couple of ways to look at this one is that this is simply a practical solution the rice crops are ripe for harvesting and if

declaration by catalan president carles puigdemont. we'll be hearing from an expert on spanish politics, professor sebastian balfour.hat we have won our right to be an independent country and the right to be respected. the voters said yes to independence and this is the will that i wanted to go forward with. now, at this point, this historical moment, and as the president of catalonia, i want to follow people's will for catalonia to become an independent state. applause the government and myself propose that this parliament suspends the effects of the independence declaration in order to establish dialogue, without which we cannot reach a solution. we want to de—escalate the tension, in order to work towards putting into practice the results of the referendum. before we go to tim wilcox, we are just hearing some more reaction from the authorities in madrid, the ruling party spokesman on foreign affairs, reacting to mr puigdemont‘s speech. he said what was done today was in the framework of a rule that was in the framework of a rule that was lord the unconstitutional. we have seen a fast today and we want the situati