Modern Israel and the Balfour Declaration - Presenter: Stuart Wachowicz (TVCA735)
On Nov 2, 2017 British and Israeli leaders met at a grand banquet in the majestic Lancaster House
Mansion in London. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of a letter sent on Nov 2nd , 1917, during the First World War. The letter was penned by Lord Arthur James Balfour, then British Foreign Secretary, and sent to Lord Lionel Rothschild, British financier and one of the leaders of the Jewish community in Great Britain. Learn the remarkable history behind the Balfour declaration, the little document that changed the world.
On Nov 2, 2017 British and Israeli leaders met at a grand banquet in the majestic Lancaster House
Mansion in London. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of a letter sent on Nov 2nd , 1917, during the First World War. The letter was penned by Lord Arthur James Balfour, then British Foreign Secretary, and sent to Lord Lionel Rothschild, British financier and one of the leaders of the Jewish community in Great Britain. Learn the remarkable history behind the Balfour declaration, the little document that changed the world.