As important as it was to the Zionist movement, the Balfour Declaration, signed 96 years ago this month, turned out to be an empty promise.

Contrary to Palestinian protestations, the Balfour Declaration did not create the Jewish claim to a homeland but merely recognized a pre-existing right.

A group lobbying the British government to apologize for the Balfour Declaration claims not to oppose Israel's right to exist. The claim is empty.