Most Palestinians support Abbas’s claim that Britain is to blame for the Israeli occupation, poll finds

JERUSALEM — At last month’s gathering of the U.N. General Assembly, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas placed the responsibility for the 50-year-long Israeli occupation of his people squarely on the shoulders of the British. “Yes, 100 years have passed since the notorious Balfour Declaration, by which Britain gave, without any right, authority or consent from anyone, the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/10/18/most-palestinians-support-abbass-claim-that-britain-is-to-blame-for-the-israeli-occupation-poll-finds/