PA District Governor of Ramallah post calls the Balfour Declaration “ominous”, “given by one who has no ownership to one who has no right”

Image and text posted on the Facebook page of District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam

Posted text:
“#We_will_not_forget_the_ominous_Balfour_Promise(i.e., Declaration)
#Given_by_one_who_has_no_ownership_to_one_who_has_no_right
#100_years”

The picture shows District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam giving a speech at a podium draped with 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.