Zev Chafets, Columnist

The U.K. Stands Up for Israel's Right to Exist

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration is a brave move in today's Europe.

November 2, 2017 at 7:00 AM UTC

Zev Chafets is a journalist and author of 14 books. He was a senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the founding managing editor of the Jerusalem Report Magazine.

Balfour in the Holy Land.
Source: Topical Press Agency via Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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On Thursday evening, British Prime Minister Theresa May will attend a banquet in London honoring the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, the first written promise by a European country to create a Jewish homeland in the Levant. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be at her side. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn won’t be there. He is boycotting the event.

Palestinian activists plan to demonstrate the streets of London; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to sue the U.K for failing to apologize. They hate the Balfour Declaration because they hate the Jewish State it made possible. They want the U.K. to beg forgiveness.