Today marks the 109th anniversary of the ill-fated Balfour Declaration, as our people are facing one of the most difficult phases in their history, under the ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, where they are subjected to siege, starvation and systematic destruction of infrastructure and the elements of life, in parallel with the war of uprooting, displacement, Judaization and settlement that is escalating in the West Bank and Jerusalem. This bloody moment reminds us of the roots of the Palestinian tragedy and the historical responsibility of British colonialism, which granted the land of Palestine to the Zionist movement, opening the way for a settler-colonial, fascist and racist project based on uprooting our people from their land and confiscating their rights. It is a crime that we will not forgive or forget, and Britain’s responsibility for it will remain as our people continue to struggle to regain their rights.
