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Here, seven leading Jewish thinkers and activists challenge the notion that this year's centenary is a cause for celebration, given the grave consequences of the document, for Palestinians above all.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Independent Jewish Voices\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a2Y3Pllutjo&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">A film by Independent Jewish Voices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"news-kategrie":[48],"class_list":["post-2520","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-kategrie-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>100 Years after Balfour - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/100-years-after-balfour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"100 Years after Balfour - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 2 November 1917, a letter from the Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour was transmitted to the Zionist Federation, promising British support for \u2018a national home for the Jewish people\u2019 in Palestine. 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