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Tag: Balfour Declaration

Balfour, Mossad, Peres

On December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 By Martin Kramer

A peace deal, an assassination, a declaration. Three recommended books.

Is the Balfour Declaration a colonial document?

On October 28, 2020February 12, 2025 By Martin Kramer

Lord Balfour wrote to Lord Rothschild. Reeks of colonialism? Not at all.

The Balfour Declaration and the “Jewish problem”

On October 31, 2019October 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

Chaim Weizmann threatened violence to keep the Balfour Declaration alive.

The rise of Israel in three acts

On May 8, 2019June 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

If Zionism were a play, these three would share the lead.

The Allied Balfour Declaration

On June 28, 2017October 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

The Allies made the Balfour Declaration possible. There's a lesson in that.

Balfour Declaration: the responses

On June 27, 2017October 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

Three responses to Martin Kramer's essay on the Balfour Declaration.

The Balfour Declaration: what’s been forgotten

On June 5, 2017September 9, 2026 By Martin Kramer

The Balfour Declaration: not the act of Britain alone.

Martin Kramer

I am a historian of the Middle East at Tel Aviv University, and research it at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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