Balfour Declaration

Grapevine August 2, 2026: The significance of Balfour Day

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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

The company said the documents highlight the strategic importance of the Tel Aviv power station during the early years of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

The long, seesawing history of Britain’s involvement in Zionism, from imperial sponsorship to modern diplomatic rupture.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER
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

Gideon Sa'ar sharply responded to Yvette Cooper's criticism of Israel's land policies at the UN, referencing the Balfour Declaration and historical British support for a Jewish homeland.

|ByIDAN KWELLER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Center Field: We don’t need no Balfour declarations... or celebrations

Thinking forward from past to present, I see how the Balfour declarations advanced Jewish nationalism, meaning Zionism. Nevertheless, the proud Zionist activist in me shudders.

OCTOBER 31, 2017ByGIL TROY
‘The Balfour declarations, Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and the League of Nations mandate legitimized the quest for nationhood of all nations with a self-conscious identity.’

Grapevine: 'Mais oui'

Israel celebrates 100 years since the signing of the Balfour Declaration.

OCTOBER 31, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

Boris Johnson lauds 'miracle of Israel' in honor of Balfour Declaration

UK Foreign Secretary addresses Board of Deputies of British Jews Parliamentary reception.

OCTOBER 31, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses a Board of Deputies of British Jews parliamentary reception in London on Monday night to celebrate the centenary of the Balfour Declaration.

Amid tension over terror tunnel, PM at Beersheba ceremony: ‘Don’t test us’

His words came amid tension that Islamic Jihad may try to retaliate for the destruction of the tunnel and the killing of a number of its men inside the tunnel.

OCTOBER 31, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull during a ceremony to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba

No apologies for Balfour

To assail the Balfour Declaration as an act of colonialism is not only historically inaccurate, it would also call into question the claims to sovereignty of a number Arab nations.

OCTOBER 30, 2017ByDAVID PARSONS
RABIN SQUARE with a British flag on the Tel Aviv City Hall building

October 31, 2017: Jerusalem Annexation Bill

On the Jerusalem annexation bill, the Balfour decleration and Haredi Jews.

OCTOBER 30, 2017ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Why they protest Balfour

“Anti-Balfour” activity must principally be seen as part of a global campaign to delegitimize Israel’s very foundations.

OCTOBER 30, 2017ByJONATHAN HUNTER, YOSEFF SHACHOR
‘A GENERATION of young people may be almost entirely unaware of the context behind the Balfour Declaration – and why the British government’s pledge was a remarkably humanitarian gesture for its time.’

Century-old bonds

The battle of Beersheba and the Balfour Declaration are now 100 years old, how do Australian-Israeli and British-Israeli relations look today?

OCTOBER 30, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
UK AND Israeli flags together at a march in London.

Comment: Balfour’s real victory came at Beersheba

Historians have recorded how General Allenby had given each of his soldiers a Bible, and he was often found on his knees looking for direction from above.

OCTOBER 30, 2017ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Descendants of soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), ride horses along the trail that their ancestors took as troops when they made their way to Beersheba.

REALITY CHECK: Of blood feuds and Balfour

Reflections on a trek to Albania’s Accursed Mountains region.

OCTOBER 30, 2017ByJEFF BARAK
AN ALBANIAN man looks at a bunker that dates back to the Hoxha era.