Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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The British did not encourage the Jews. As mentioned, my grandfather sat in a British prison for smuggling Jews out of Europe during WWII.
laurus
(Sep 26 07, 12:34)oh god, these things are interminable. this is why i dont post here anymore. ohright, thats it last thing.
"Balfour Declaration of 1917: An official letter from the British Foreign Office headed by Arthur Balfour, the UK's Foreign Secretary (from December 1916 to October 1919), to Lord Rothschild, who was seen as a representative of the Jewish people. The letter stated that the British government "view[ed] with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, "