The Grandest Larceny: The Foundation of Israel
By J. E. Thomas
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By J. E. Thomas
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J.E. Thomas challenges the common assumption that Israel was founded to right a historical wrong.
A unique event—the handing over of an entire country by another that did not own it, to a people who simply laid claim to it by virtue of their myths and traditions—happened in 1917 when the British "gave" Palestine to the Jews via the Balfour Declaration. The Palestinian Arabs never accepted the theft of their land, but they have been powerless to resist the weight of support for the Jews given...
A unique event—the handing over of an entire country by another that did not own it, to a people who simply laid claim to it by virtue of their myths and traditions—happened in 1917 when the British "gave" Palestine to the Jews via the Balfour Declaration. The Palestinian Arabs never accepted the theft of their land, but they have been powerless to resist the weight of support for the Jews given...






















