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Abbas Presses Demand that Britain Apologize for Balfour Declaration


(MEMRI) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking on May 15 during a visit to India, said: "Today we mark the 69th anniversary of the...1948 Nakba." The "historic injustice caused to our people actually began with the regrettable Balfour Declaration. From here, I call on the British government to bear historic and moral responsibility and not to mark or celebrate the 100th anniversary of this refuted declaration, but to hasten to apologize to our Palestinian people."
2017-05-18 00:00:00
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