The intervention came as sensitivities ran high over the centenary of the Balfour declaration, which will be marked on Thursday with a formal dinner in London. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Banksy unveiled a new work at the event: a mock apology to the Palestinian people from the Queen. A statement by Banksy read out at the event underlined that it was not intended to be a celebration. By the same token, non-Jewish Palestinians and Arabs see it as the foundation stone of their dispossession and misery. “Everything stems from the Balfour declaration.”

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 14:12 UTC