Contrary to Palestinian protestations, the Balfour Declaration did not create the Jewish claim to a homeland but merely recognized a pre-existing right.
Read more on Israel Hayom: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6095
Still Bickering over Balfour https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2013/10/still-bickering-over-balfour/
About the author: Dore Gold, president of the Jerusalem Center of Public Affairs, is a former ambassador of Israel to the United Nations (1997-1999) and the author of, among other books , Hatred’s Kingdom, The Fight for Jerusalem, and The Rise of Nuclear Iran.