Its three-page article, by Ian Black, deals with the motives behind the British Government's support for the Balfour Declaration, and traces its impact through the decades up to the present. It includes much little-known information.
But Black is pessimistic. 'It does not appear that Britain can do much to help resolve the enduring conflict it helped create a turbulent century ago,' he concludes.
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