Al-Quds International Institution in Malaysia and the Institute of Excellence for Islamic Jerusalem Studies held on Wednesday at the University of Utara a symposium under the theme “100 Years after the Balfour Declaration…Hope or Destruction.”
The symposium was attended by representatives from NGOs professors students and many noted figures interested in the Palestinian cause.
During the meeting Abdul-Fattah al-Owaisi a visiting professor of international relations at the university talked about the historical circumstances that preceded and followed the signing of the Balfour declaration and the colonial reasons behind the decision to give the Jews such promise.
He also used documents issued by the British Foreign Office to highlight the manipulative colonial mentality that governed Britain’s relations with the Arabs at the time.
A short movie on the Balfour declaration produced by the London-based Palestinian Return Center (PRC) was also screened during the symposium.
