Balfour declaration Implementation

Balfour declaration implementation

After WWI the Allied powers set-up the British Mandate. The League of Nations (and later, the UN) has given the British a mandate for Palestine after they took control from the Ottoman Empire. In 1948 Jordan occupied part of the territory nowadays called “West Bank”, otherwise known as Judea and Samaria, and Egypt occupied Gaza, areas that were re-taken by Israel in 1967. Jordan annexed the West Bank (a move unrecognized by anyone except UK and Pakistan) and has renounced the annexation since. These areas are therefore “orphans” in terms of statehood, and this should be included in the discussion of the legality of Israeli’s living in Judea and Samaria. We must also review the 1920 San Remo Agreement and its implications on the exclusive political rights of the Jews and the allocation of the land to the Jewish people which includes Trans-Jordan. It also stated that Jews can live anywhere within the Mandate of Palestine and it also incorporated the Balfour Declaration.

YJ Draiman