Pro-palestinian protestor SLASHES painting of British author of Jewish homeland declaration

A pro-Palestinian activist slashed a painting of the early 20th-century British foreign minister Arthur Balfour at Cambridge University on Friday (March 8), saying his 1917 declaration was the reason the Palestinians had lost their homeland to Israel.

A video posted on social media by the Palestine Action protest group showed a woman spraying red paint over the life-size portrait before cutting it repeatedly with a knife – the latest in a flurry of protests prompted by the Israel-Hamas war.

“Balfour’s declaration began the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by promising the land away — which the British never had the right to do,” Palestine Action said in a caption accompanying the clip.

Last week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for tougher policing of protests in light of an increase in hate speech.

Balfour’s declaration, made as Ottoman rule was crumbling in the Middle East and Britain a global power, said London would “view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” and work toward it – albeit without prejudicing “the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities”.

It was the first time a major power had publicly expressed support for a Jewish homeland, gave a boost to the growing worldwide Zionist movement – and shaped what was to become interim British “mandate” rule of Palestine from 1918 onward.

Palestinians have long demanded that Britain apologise for the 67-word statement.

British oversight of Palestine ended traumatically in 1947-48 with war between Jews and Arabs, the declaration of the State of Israel and the exodus of some 750,000 Palestinians who were forced out or fled.

More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s military since Oct. 7, when Palestinian militants led by Hamas killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 253, by Israeli counts.

Cambridge’s Trinity College said it regretted the damage, and that support was available for college members.

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42 comments

  1. Throw her in jail and throw away the key destroying history and culture is the first steps of genocide! Look at history or Isis in Iraq

  10. Lord Balfour in his time was, a duly elected member of parliament, who on his merit was selected by his fellow elected peers to represent great Britain as both the prime minister and leader of the opposition in, before serving this country faithfully in the house of lords. Any legislation in his name passed both the elected and qualified consensus of the representatives of our ancestors as being, the best way to serve the interests of great Britain with the information available…! You need not like anything, but this young, ill-educated, virtue signalling, feeling screaming simpleton, is not fit to stand before his image. Who the hell does she think she is? What did this achieve? What will she ever? Pray she finds wisdom so to cease her folly!

  16. Upon hearing about this Israel immediately left Gaza, released all prisoners, and disbanded the state of Israel.
    Oh, the power of protest.

  19. Good luck to UK and Europe for all the Muslims they absorbed. Kick ass move. Good luck. Far better to absorb them and have all the Jews leave. Yep. Very smart.

  35. This guy will never rest in peace. He created a disaster over a land that doesn’t even belong to England. This is the utter evil of colonialism:deciding for a territory that doesn’t belong to you legally and morally.

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