Join us in our effort to remind the world that Israel was established with the full backing and support of the international community.
With the Balfour Declaration, the Jewish people received public validation of our ancient hope for our return to Tzion and a state of our own.
Click to view the original Balfour DeclarationOn November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent a letter to Lord Rothschild - head of the Zionist Federation - expressing British support of a Jewish State in Palestine.While this represented the first political recognition of Jewish nationalism by a world power, it was a reflection of the philosophical, practical, and spiritual meaning behind the historical link of the Jewish nation to its ancient homeland.
We aim to collect 1 million signatures by the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration on November 2, 2017 to be presented to world bodies, organizations, and heads of state. Together, we can show the world that the international recognition of the Jewish connection to Israel perpetuates all over the world today.
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A celebration of The Balfour Declaration invites a deeper understanding of the long history of our struggle to create a place where Jews could live free in our ancient homeland.
Ontario, Canada celebrates The Balfour Declaration, 1917
Balfour Day is something we should be celebrating, and utilizing to our national advantage. It is a day ripe with meaning, with positive Zionist fulfillment. It was a watershed on the road to Israel's establishment, and it provides compelling evidence that Israel's right to statehood was universally recognized and unassailable.It provides us with a chance, year in and year out, to underline our internationally-recognized right to be here, something which far too many people around the world seem to have forgotten. Michael Freund
All over the World, Let Us Celebrate Balfour Day with community gatherings, teaching Balfour, and more!
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
From November 2nd through November 29 every year, let us honor the important legacy of the Balfour Declaration and never forget the steps that led to the creation of our one and only Jewish State.
- LEARN about the importance of the Balfour Declaration and how it was celebrated in communities worldwide before the State of Israel was born
- PARTY like it's 1917! Hold a vintage Balfour celebration full of old photos, copies of the Balfour Declaration, and watch old videos of pre-State Israel. Not only will you be teaching about Balfour, you'll be exploring Jewish life and identity to a world who could only DREAM of a Jewish State, teaching today's generation how much we often take for granted.
- WATCH My Herzl and learn about the legacy of the father of modern Zionism, "Architect of Balfour." Discussion Guide available!
- DISCUSS and read articles with friends, family or your community, and explore the significance of this historical event to modern Israel, modern Zionism, and our lives today.
There are so many great ways that you can create a Balfour Day celebration for your community or group, or even just your family and friends!
If you read the 1917 Balfour Declaration (Which emulated Napoleons 1799 letter to the Jewish community in Palestine promising that The National Home for The Jewish people will be reestablished in Palestine, as the Jews are the rightful owners). Nowhere does it state an Arab entity west of The Jordan Rive. The San Remo Conference of 1920 does not state an Arab entity west of The Jordan River. The Mandate for Palestine terms does not state an Arab entity west of the Jordan River. It specifically states a Jewish National Home in Palestine without limiting the Jewish territory in Palestine. It also states that the British should work with the Jewish Agency as the official representative of the Jews in Palestine to implement the National Home of the Jewish people in Palestine. I stress again; nowhere does it state that an Arab entity should be implemented west of the Jordan River.
ReplyDeleteAs a matter of historical record, The British reallocated over 77% of Jewish Palestine to the Arab-Palestinians in 1922 with specific borders and Jordan took over additional territory like the Gulf of Aqaba which was not part of the allocation to Jordan.