Fatah Facebook posts cartoon depicting Balfour giving a “promise” to stereotypical Jew

Text and cartoon posted on the official Fatah Facebook page Posted text: “#Balfour100” Text on cartoon: "The 100th anniversary of the Balfour Promise (i.e., Declaration)" The cartoon shows British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour giving a document with "Balfour Promise” written on it to a Jew with a malicious smile and a Star of David on his hat. Below this, a Palestinian is seen giving a key – symbolizing the return of the Palestinian refugees to “Palestine” – to a small child who is holding a Palestinian flag. The Balfour Declaration of Nov. 2, 1917 was a letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Baron Rothschild stating that “His Majesty's government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” In 1922, the League of Nations adopted this and made the British Mandate “responsible for putting into effect the declaration,” which led to the UN vote in 1947 and the establishment of the State of Israel.