You gave voice to Judith Summerfield (Letters, 20 November 2017), who praised the 1917 Balfour Declaration which 'recognised the right of the Jewish people to self-determination'.
I'd like to ask from what this 'right' derives, in particular the right to allocate a foreign land for this purpose, as Balfour did. Moreover, does Ms Summerfield also recognise the same right for non-Jewish peoples, in particular the Palestinians?
John Bibby,
Straylands Grove,
York
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