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Palestinians Seeking to Sue UK over 1917 Balfour Declaration

Palestinians Seeking to Sue UK over 1917 Balfour Declaration
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The Palestinians had called on the Arab League to help them prepare a legal file against the British government for issuing the Balfour Declaration almost 100 years ago.

Palestinians Seeking to Sue UK over 1917 Balfour Declaration

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki spoke of the impact of that 1917 document - the first to formally recognize the Jewish right to a homeland - in a speech he delivered on behalf of PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the 27th Arab League Summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania on Monday evening.

"With the coming of this painful anniversary, the passing of approximately 100 years since the historic massacre of our land and our people's fates, and with the continuation of this catastrophe without a resolution, we call on the secretariat general of the Arab League to support us in preparing a legal file to raise against the British government for issuing the Balfour Declaration and thereafter implementing it as a mandatory authority," Maliki said.

Maliki then proceeded to thank Arab countries and other states, who have supported the Palestinian issue.

"Our people will not forget the good countries and peoples, especially our Arab brothers and many other friendly countries, who extended and still extend their hands in supporting, standing beside, and embracing our people in its trials and tribulations," he said.

Maliki also said that the Palestinian leadership supports an independent Palestinian state. "The time has come, before its too late, to galvanize Arab and international support to enable our people to achieve its freedom and independence," he said.

Since the failure of the last round of negotiations in May 2014, the Palestinian leadership renewed an international campaign to achieve statehood.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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