Edward Said and Palestine (1988)

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• dx1@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Startling quote from the beginning of the documentary:

  Aug 11, 1919 - Lord Balfour (author of the Balfour Declaration, the original British declaration of intent to create Israel) to his successor, George Curzon:

  In Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country, though the American Commission has been going through the form of asking what they are […]

  The Four Great Powers are committed to Zionism. And Zionism, be it right or wrong, good or bad, is rooted in age-long traditions, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder import than the desires and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land.

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• Five@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thanks for sharing – I’ve crossposted it to Documentaries.

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