Tag Archives: Anglo-French Declaration

The best book on the Balfour Declaration is…

Posted on July 22, 2020 by admin

Book Review: Palestine the Reality by J.M.N. Jeffries By John McHugo Many people trying to get to grips with the Israel/Palestine conflict begin with the First World War and the contradictory promises Britain made at that time. These were pledges … Continue reading →

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Palestine and Britain 1917-1948: Competing Policies, Creative Commemoration

Posted on November 8, 2016 by admin

This talk was given at the Balfour Project conference in Southwark Cathedral on 5th November 2016 entitled: ‘How will we mark the Centenary of the Balfour Declaration’ By Dr Peter Shambrook Context: it is only in the context of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Balfour Declaration, Christian Zionism, Mandate Period, McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, Pre-Balfour Declaration, Zionism Debate | Tagged 1915, 1917, Anglo-French Declaration, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, League of Nations, Palestine Mandate | Comments Off

Britain in Palestine 1917-1948

Posted on May 4, 2015 by admin

Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Balfour Declaration, Films, News, Resources | Tagged 1917, 1948, Anglo-French Declaration, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, First World War, Lloyd George, McMahon Hussain | Comments Off

The McMahon promise to Hussein

Posted on January 26, 2015 by admin

By Roger Spooner In 1915 Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, offered Sherif Hussein of Mecca an independent Arab state if he would help the British fight against the Ottoman Turks. Hussein’s interest in throwing off his Turkish … Continue reading →

Posted in McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, Pre-Balfour Declaration | Tagged 1915, Anglo-French Declaration, British Mandate, Hussein Ibn Ali, Lebanon, McMahon, McMahon Hussain, Middle East, Palestine, Palestine Mandate | Comments Off

Contradictory Promises, by Peter A Shambrook

Posted on August 23, 2014 by admin

The seeds of 100 years of conflict Britain, the Arabs and the Jews, 1914 – 1918 2014 – 2018: Britain’s opportunity to acknowledge. In 2014, the centenary of the Great War will be marked in a variety of ways right … Continue reading →

Posted in Pre-Balfour Declaration | Tagged 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, Anglo-French Declaration, Balfour Declaration, Contact, First World War, McMahon Hussain, Middle East, Peter Shambrook, Sykes Picot | Comments Off

Contradictory Promises

Posted on January 31, 2014 by admin

See also Contradictory Promises by Dr Peter Shambrook where these promises are explored in more detail. 1915 The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, • In 1915 Britain promised the Arabs that after the war they would be granted independence in their lands, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical | Tagged 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1922, Anglo-French Declaration, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, Broken promises, Hussein Ibn Ali, McMahon, McMahon Hussain, Palestine Mandate, Sykes Picot | Comments Off

The Palestine Mandate July 1922

Posted on July 4, 2013 by admin

The Mandate, the full details of which are available in the Avalon Project, incorporated the provisions of the Balfour Declaration. Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration … Continue reading →

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