RAMALLAH, The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today that diplomatic efforts are underway to get Britain’s apology to the Palestinian people for the infamous Balfour Declaration.
in a statement, the political advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Deek, said Britain’s apology is an integral part of its recognition of its responsibility for the declaration, and for the resulting displacement and blight that befell the Palestinian people.
Al-Deek called for the United Kingdom to take the initiative to recognize the State of Palestine as another part of “its compensation for this sin and aggression it committed against our people and the suffering and historical injustice that is still ongoing.”
He added that recognizing the state of Palestine would be the beginning to correct the course of the unjust Balfour Declaration, and would help and empower the Palestinian people to obtain their just and legitimate national rights, including the right to return, self-determination, and an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
He noted that President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to fly at half mast the flag at the institutions, embassies, and representations of the State of Palestine came in condemnation of the Balfour Declaration to remind the whole world, and in particular the United Kingdom, of the need to assume responsibility to enable the Palestinian people of their rights.
Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency