Britain is being sued for the Balfour Declaration in PA courts

• Author: SARAH BEN-NUN
• Date: 06 December 2020
• Published date: 06 December 2020
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to an October 23 report by the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, the lawsuit lays the responsibility of the "Balfour Promise" on Britain, a promise which "gave Palestine as a national homeland to the Jews and enabled the Zionist gangs to occupy Palestine," violating international law.

The lawyer representing the plaintiffs, Luay Abdo, is confident about the suit's success in Palestinian courts, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida reported on November 18. Abdo highlighted that the goal of the trial is "to extract a confession from Britain that the Balfour Promise destroyed the life of an entire Palestinian people and entity, whose place was taken by a racist colonialist entity."

Palestinian courts are hearing testimonies. A 100-year-old man testified to the Nablus Trial Court "about the cooperation between the Zionist gangs and the British Mandate army." Examples include the exchange of weaponry and appointments to positions of power.

Meanwhile, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office website reports that, over the last five years, Britain has donated the equivalent of $632,443,199 to Palestinian causes. These sums are expected to only increase in the...