La Palestine (newspaper). “A special edition in English issued on the occasion of the visit to Palestine of Lord Balfour, the statesman with whose name is associated the Declaration which to the Arabs signifies the death knell...”
AUCTION 31 |
Tuesday, December 13th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books
Lot 180
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
La Palestine (newspaper). “A special edition in English issued on the occasion of the visit to Palestine of Lord Balfour, the statesman with whose name is associated the Declaration which to the Arabs signifies the death knell...”
Jaffa: March 25th, 1925
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $3,250
The Arab press seized the opportunity of Lord James Balfour's highly symbolic guest appearance at the dedication ceremony of Hebrew University in Jerusalem to voice their extreme displeasure with the decidedly pro-Zionist direction Palestine had taken since its conquest by the British Army in 1918