tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post7431752822580267305..comments2023-08-13T09:15:04.565+01:00Comments on MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: I hate Squirrels ..Mad Jock McMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088238215251518226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-46515903993968431032016-05-02T12:06:38.453+01:002016-05-02T12:06:38.453+01:00Thanks, corrections are always welcome ..... I wro...Thanks, corrections are always welcome ..... I wrote this late at night and my fact checking was not sufficiently accurate as I tried to get my thoughts down.Mad Jock McMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088238215251518226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042131604091564151.post-68582501242479163662016-05-02T09:46:58.706+01:002016-05-02T09:46:58.706+01:00"...fulfilling, in the Saudi's eyes, the ..."...fulfilling, in the Saudi's eyes, the promise the West made to Saudi Arabia in the 1919 Balfour Declaration..."<br /><br />Peter, you may want to edit the above. It's a bit jumbled up.<br /><br />The Balfour Declaration was in 1917 and it promised the Zionists in Britain and Ireland support for a Jewish National Homeland in Palestine. The main problem with this was that in the previous two years the British government had also promised certain Arabs control of Palestine (and other areas) in exchange for supporting the fight against the Ottoman Empire.<br /><br />Britain at its best! The tragedy is that most people in the UK are oblivious to Britain's role then and at other times in causing so much suffering in the Middle East. The recent opportunistic conflation (by certain establishment figures in the UK) of anti Zionism with anti Semitism - though they are related sometimes - will only allow the Israeli state to continue abusing the Palestinian people. Other people in the Middle East will also continue to suffer at the hands of America's proxy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910027025451629489noreply@blogger.com