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

The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine
ISBN-10
1786632489
ISBN-13
9781786632487
Category
History
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2018-10-30
Publisher
Verso Books
Author
Bernard Regan

Description

The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the fate of Palestine On 2 November 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared it was in favour of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This short note would become one of the most controversial documents of modern history. Offering new insights into the imperial rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans, Regan exposes British policy in the region as part of a larger geopolitical game. He charts the debates within the British government, the Zionist movement, and the Palestinian groups struggling for selfdetermination. The after-effects of these events are still felt today.

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