British Foreign Secretary (previously Prime Minister), Arthur James Balfour conveyed this in a letter to Lionel W. Rothschild, a senior leader of British Jewry, which has come to be known as the Balfour Declaration. Soon, U.S. President Wilson also sided with Montagu, not because of his opposition for Jewish Palestine but for British motives, which he deeply suspected. In 1987, while celebrating 70 years of Balfour Declaration, Israel invited Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime Minister, to address their Knesset. Theresa May joined Israeli Prime Minister for a 100th year celebration of Balfour Declaration in a dinner hosted by Lord Rothschild in central London. Many commentators think that Theresa May believes to this day that opposition to Balfour Declaration amounts to anti-Semitism, notwithstanding gross violations of international law in forcibly dispossessing a hapless people from their lands.

Source: Pakistan Today December 30, 2017 21:56 UTC