Balfour Declaration

Grapevine August 2, 2026: The significance of Balfour Day

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Cancelled postage stamp printed by Israel, that shows Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), 50th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, circa 1967.
Tel-Aviv building site - Rothschild Park

Israel Electric reveals telegrams showing Tel Aviv power station's role in British political battle

Streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are named after Britain’s King George V due to the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in what was then known as Palestine, which was issued during his reign.

Why Israel still honors Britain in its streets despite bitter history

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a stakeout before attending a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., August 5, 2025.

Gideon Sa'ar responds to Yvette Cooper’s criticism of Israel during UN Security Council meeting


October 30, 2017: Sabbath and the High Court

The holy and the law, judges, and Balfour.

Letters

PA prime minister to UK: Apologize for Balfour

The United Kingdom should apologize for issuing the Balfour Declaration, says Hamdallah.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah

Why are Zionists celebrating unfulfilled promises?

Instead of “facilitating” Jewish statehood as Balfour had pledged, the British were now blocking it. If a Jewish state were to come into being, it would be despite British obstruction of the Balfour

As Arab armies mobilized and the Arab League’s secretary-general vowed to carry out ‘a war of extermination and momentous massacre’ of the Jews, the UN stood idly by

100 years later, how has the Balfour Declaration shaped Israel's conflicts?

At its centennial, scholars and descendants of the British statesman discuss the history of the Balfour Declaration and what it means today.

Arthur James Balfour

Labour's Jeremy Corbyn refuses to attend Balfour Celebration dinner

The Labour leader will instead send Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry in his place.

Britain's leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn

Balfour line-up has disintegrated

Few of today’s Palestinians have any deep roots in Palestine.

Christian worshippers in Jerusalem. ‘Early Christian writers spoke of a Jewish Restoration to the Holy Land. After the Reformation this became a movement. In English-speaking countries the 19th and early 20th centuries saw many strong Christian Zionists.’

Why Balfour’s biblical background matters

England was the first and only empire to control the Holy Land while acknowledging the Jewish people's legitimate claim to their historic homeland.

British vehicles in Jerusalem near Mount Zion on the eve of Israel’s independence.

The Balfour declaration and Resolution 242

The documents provide a window into contrasting perspectives of the Arab-Israeli conflict and highlight the importance of the dual narrative.

Lord Balfour declares the Hebrew University of Jerusalem open in painting by Leopold Pilichowski

COLUMN ONE: Balfour’s greatest of gifts

Israeli athletes and performers, professors, students and tourists in countries throughout the world are regularly discriminated against for being Israeli Jews.

Arthur James Balfour

Israeli Arabs, Palestinians to protest Balfour Declaration

Arab-Israeli leaders to hold a protest outside the British Embassy in Tel Aviv to mark the century that passed since the Balfour Declaration.

PALESTINIANS PROTEST the Balfour Declaration in Ramallah last week.