Why are Zionists celebrating unfulfilled promises?
Instead of “facilitating” Jewish statehood as Balfour had pledged, the British were now blocking it. If a Jewish state were to come into being, it would be despite British obstruction of the Balfour
As Arab armies mobilized and the Arab League’s secretary-general vowed to carry out ‘a war of extermination and momentous massacre’ of the Jews, the UN stood idly by(photo credit: REUTERS)ByRAFAEL MEDOFF