Balfour

The Balfour Declaration: Historical revisionism cannot erase Jewish claims to Israel - opinion

After more than 100 years, the Balfour Declaration’s significance is being obscured by an increasingly familiar accusation: that Zionism was a European colonial enterprise imposed on the Middle East.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
Cancelled postage stamp printed by Israel, that shows Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), 50th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, circa 1967.
Lord Arthur James Balfour and the text of the Balfour Declaration

On this day: 109th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

On November 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour wrote a letter that made history.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Two American lone soldiers dish-up food during a Friday buffet at Piccolino restaurant in Jerusalem.

Grapevine: A sad 'arrivaderci'

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Steinherz’s ‘The Limits of Your Longing’ looks to a world devoid of suffering.

Women, water and Kabbalah converge in Jerusalem's Sea of Wisdom exhibition

The exhibits resonated the breadth of aspects of the confluence between the life-giving liquid and spiritual realms and, in particular, how water features in Kabbalistic thought.

|ByBARRY DAVIS

Will Benjamin Netanyahu depart Balfour this weekend?

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to leave Balfour by this Saturday.

JULY 9, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at the plenum at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem May 30, 2019.

Activists protest Herzog inauguration due to former Netanyahu-spokesman

Chants of "You won't be the spokesman" from protesters were loud enough that they could be heard during the outdoor phase of Herzog's inauguration ceremony.

JULY 7, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
PROTESTERS GATHER in front of the Knesset before marching to Balfour and the Prime Minister's Residence in a protest they are calling 'yes to a unity government! No to incitement and violence!' June 5, 2021.

Activists protest hiring of former Netanyahu spokesperson by president

Ihia's time working as Netanyahu's spokesman for the past two years has caused an uproar among anti-Netanyahu activists.

JULY 3, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protester holds a sign that says "crime minister" outside of the Prime Minister's Residence during a demonstration on July 25, 2020

French politician shows moving boxes while visiting Netanyahu at Balfour

Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, are expected to depart from the Prime Minister's Official Residence on July 10, as per the agreement made with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

JULY 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Meyer Habib