What if...

May 4, 2026

An excellent article in which many issues are analysed accurately and succinctly but there is one sentence of particular concern which necessitates further analysis. That sentence is….“But the allies, in promising a Jewish homeland, insisted the new colonisers would have to make peace with the inhabitants and respect their rights.” This is a reference to the short but concise “Balfour Declaration” which included the words “….it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine…” Every Israeli Prime Minister and Israeli government has consciously ignored these obligations, and done nothing to work towards honouring the requirements of the Declaration, but, in fact implemented laws and carried out actions to prevent this requirement from ever being implemented. From Ben-Gurion though to Netanyahu, all Israeli governments have worked actively to kill and drive Palestinians out of Palestine. One is left to wonder what would the situation be today if the Zionists, seeking to remove all Palestinians from Palestine, who are frequently described as eliminationist, maximalist, or supporting transferist ideologies, channelled their energies into working together with the Palestinians so as to achieve the objectives of the Balfour Declaration.