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Source: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/arab-league-condemns-display-balfour-declaration-tel-aviv
Arab League Condemns Display of Balfour Declaration in Tel Aviv
(AFP-Egypt Independent) The Arab League has condemned the British National Library's approval for Israel to display the original document of the Balfour Declaration in Tel Aviv's Independence Hall. The declaration was made on Nov. 2, 1917, by then-British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, pledging to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.