Britain in its official statements expresses pride over playing a major role in issuing a declaration that led to the establishment of Israel on the ruins of Palestine.
The British Prime Minister Teresa May has justified this British role in her official statements by adopting policies that support Israel diplomatically. She called for organizing a celebration on the 100th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and sent a special invitation to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials to attend.
Western racism has been manifested in the ominous Declaration which sought to build a national homeland for Jews in Palestine at the expense of an unarmed Palestinian people who have a prosperous civilization history and heritage in the land of Palestine. This heritage refutes the fabrications of Max Nordau the Zionist leader who called for establishing a Jewish national home on “A land without a people for a people without a land!”
British racism
Dr. As’ad al-Aweiwi a professor of Palestinian studies at the University of Hebron stressed that Britain intended by issuing the Balfour Declaration to contribute actively to the establishment of a Jewish entity on the land of Palestine and to help this entity stand on its feet without obstruction.
He added to the PIC reporter “The Balfour Declaration stated in one of its articles that the rights of the Palestinians whose percentage in historic Palestine was 92 percent of the population at the time of the Declaration according to British statistics should not be harmed. But it seems that British racism and blind hatred pushed it towards providing protection and support only for the Jews for the purpose of establishing a national homeland for them in Palestine which included carrying out attacks against the Palestinian people and killing Palestinians displacing and arresting them with British approval and contribution. This is contrary to the text of the ominous Declaration that stated that no harm should be inflicted on the rights of the Palestinians and that Britain the mandate power in Palestine should not give up its responsibilities.”
He pointed out that Britain will not apologize to the Palestinian people for what it has done because it is a strategic ally of Israel. It was the mandate power in Palestine in accordance with a resolution of the League of Nations issued on July 24 1922. This resolution called for helping the Palestinian people build their political institutions. But Britain did the very opposite by arresting Palestinians and providing all forms of support to the Jews for the purpose of establishing their own state.”
Zionist pressure
Mohammed Al-Tamimi the former president of the British Council in the Palestinian territories confirmed that Britain is under pressure from the Zionist lobby in the British political institutions.
Al-Tamimi said in a special interview with the PIC that this lobby has its presence in the British House of Commons the Parliament and the House of Lords and many aspects of British political and foreign affairs. It affects Britain’s foreign policy towards Israel positively especially at the United Nation’s Security Council.
Arab silence
Hassan Kuraisha the second deputy of the Palestinian Legislative Council speaker criticized the Arab policies towards Britain which contributed to supporting British arrogance against the Palestinian people and their legitimate political rights.
He told the PIC “One hundred years of intimate Arab-British relations made Arabs neutral towards the Palestinian cause acting as if they do not have any connection with it. They allowed by their silence the British government to be the supporter of the Israeli state; especially by taking no action after Britain repeatedly used its veto power at the UNSC to support Israel at a time the Arabs refrained from punishing Britain or Israel at least diplomatically.”
He added “The continued Arab and Muslim silence has contributed to raising the pace of the British bias. I fear that Britain will be also inviting a number of Arab leaders to attend the celebration of centennial anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and I would not be surprised if some of them would actually attend.”
