On this day, 108 years ago, at the stroke of a colonial pen, the 67 word Balfour Declaration was issued promising our land away, reducing our existence to “non-Jewish communities”, and triggering the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the ongoing Nakba and dispossession of the Palestinian people.
108 years later, we remain rooted in our land, certain that no declaration made or crime committed can erase our presence on our land.
It is long overdue to recognize, apologize, reparate, and end this historic injustice that befell a colonized, captive, and oppressed people.