The Balfour Declaration: part 1
Jerusalem Unplugged
English - February 09, 2024 06:01 - 46 minutes - 106 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel culture politics history religion society jerusalem Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Cherished and hated by many, the Balfour Declaration is certainly considered one of the most controversial documents in recent history. In this first episode of a series dedicated to this document, I will discuss the origins of the Declaration and offer several explanations in the attempt to understand why the British promised a Jewish National Home for the Jewish people in Palestine, when in fact the British were just crossing the Suez Canal in their efforts to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
Bibliography suggested:
Lorenzo Kamel, Imperial Perceptions of Palestine (IB Tauris, 2020)
Gabriel Polley, Palestine in the Victorian Age (IB Tauris, 2022)
Lawrence Davidson, 'The past as prelude: Zionism and the Betrayal of American Democratic Principles, 1917-1948' (2002)
Jehuda Reinharz, 'Zionism in the USA on the eve of the Balfour Declaration' (1988)
James Renton, The Zionist Masquerade (Palgrave, 2004)
James Renton, 'Flawed Foundations: the Balfour Declaration and the Palestine Mandate' (2016)
Jonathan Schneer, The Balfour Declaration: the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2010)
Avi Shlaim, 'The Balfour Declaration and its Consequences' (2005)
Leonard Stein, The Balfour Declaration (1961)
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