Balfour Declaration Still a Sensitive Topic

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/britain-destroyed-palestinian-homeland-161102054348710.html

Balfour is still “the bad guy” for Palestinians: the author of this article recollects his own personal journey to understanding how the Balfour Declaration impacted the lives of himself and his family in modern times. He also reflects on the Sykes-Picot Agreement, how it “signified the brutal nature of colonial powers that rarely associated land and resources with people that lived upon the land and owned those resources,” and how this is still a problem with Britain and other Western powers today.

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