Girl raises signs against Balfour declaration in Nablus

Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-02 07:36:41|Editor: Jiaxin
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A girl raises signs against the Balfour declaration in the West Bank city of Nablus on Nov. 1, 2017. November 2 marks 100 years since the Balfour declaration, which is the name given to the letter dated in 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary back then Arthur James Balfour to Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, who was then a leader of the British Jewish community, announcing the British support for the Jewish people to build their state on the lands of Palestine.(Xinhua/Ayman Nobani)

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