The Balfour Declaration explained
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Here’s why the Balfour Declaration is important to understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Balfour 100 years on: salvation or betrayal? – UpFront
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“One nation, solemnly promised to a second nation, the country of a third.” That’s how one writer famously described the Balfour Declaration – the declaration by then-British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, on November 2, 1917, that said, “His Majesty’s government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. […]” One hundred years later, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians continues, with no sign of any sort of resolution. So, how central was the Balfour Declaration to later developments and what role did Britain play subsequently? And should the declaration be celebrated as the first step towards the establishment of the state of Israel […]
Exclusive: Israel’s parliamentary plot against UK politicians
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Al Jazeera has uncovered evidence of an Israeli diplomat’s involvement in smear campaigns to discredit a British minister and other politicians. Al Jazeera’s investigative unit went undercover with an Israeli lobby group for several months. The investigation reveals conversations in which a diplomat plotted to damage the careers of MPs they feel don’t give enough support to Israel. Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher reports from London. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Time to boycott Israel? | Head to Head
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“Prospects have never been better for settling the Israel-Palestine conflict,” argues Norman Finkelstein, the controversial scholar and author of The Holocaust Industry and Method and Madness. But after more violence, yet another round of failed talks and 20 years of Israeli land annexation, is the two-state solution really still an option? In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Norman Finkelstein on his proposal for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict, and explores whether he has changed his tone on some of his more incendiary criticism of Israel. Once described as an ‘American Radical’, Finkelstein has also been branded by some a liberal Zionist, for his opposition to the one-state […]
The Day Israel Attacked America | Special Series
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Al Jazeera investigates the shocking truth behind a deadly Israeli attack on a US naval vessel. In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from the safety of international waters in the Mediterranean. Israeli jet fighters hit the vessel with rockets, cannon fire and napalm, before three Israeli torpedo boats moved in to launch a second more devastating attack. Though she did not sink, the Liberty was badly damaged. Thirty-four US servicemen and civilian analysts were killed, another 171 were wounded. Later Israel apologised for what […]
Killing Arafat l Al Jazeera Investigations
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A world exclusive investigation tells the inside story of the fight for the facts behind Yasser Arafat’s death. Following What killed Arafat? which led French prosecutors to open a murder inquiry, this documentary follows the struggle to convince the Palestinian Authority to allow an exhumation of Arafat’s body to test for radioactive poison. Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher reports on the tests that led to the Swiss scientists reporting high levels of polonium Yasser Arafat’s bones. – Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Arafat #Palestine