The Palestinian Return Center announced on Monday the release of the short movie “Balfour Road” which displays scenes of the tragic fallouts of the Balfour Declaration issued 100 years ago.
“Balfour Road” is available in 17 different languages: English Arabic. Spanish Danish Dutch Swedish Polish Italian Turkish Hindi Urdu Farsi Chinese Russian and Indonesian.
The film puts on view the tragic fallouts of the Balfour Declaration in which the British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour signaled the go-ahead for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine.
The film spotlights the story of a British family who are driven out of their home by the British government and forced to live in a cramped shack in the backyard. Another family—the Smiths—take possession of the house and put down roots in the building leaving the real house owners—the Johnees—with neither food nor medicines. Heavily-armed soldiers escort the Smiths at the same time as they tighten the noose around the neck of the Johnees and deprive them of their basic rights.
The film falls in with the Balfour Apology Campaign launched by PRC to push the UK government to extend an official apology over the pledge and backtrack on its intent to celebrate the Balfour Declaration centenary.
Since its inception some five years ago the Balfour Apology Campaign has stepped up efforts to urge the British government to assume its historical responsibility over the pledge and apologize to the Palestinians.
The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government during World War I announcing support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
