Hamdallah asks Britain to apologize for Balfour Declaration

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah demanded on Sunday that United Kingdom bear responsibility and apologize for Balfour Declaration which granted the Jews a national homeland in Palestine.

In a speech he delivered during the inauguration ceremony of a group of governmental schools in Nablus city Hamdallah called on the UK to correct its mistake rather than celebrate it. He urged the international community to end the historic tyranny practiced against the Palestinians on the 100th anniversary of the ill-famed Balfour promise which coincides on November 02.

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said earlier that she would celebrate the 100th anniversary of Balfour Declaration which is a promise made by the British government to the Zionist Movement stipulating the establishment of a national homeland for Jews over Palestinian territories.