A.P. Richelieu
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Despite your reluctance to accept the facts, the Balfour Declaration is generally regarded as the official acknowledgement by Britain to create a Jewish State in Palestine. When the colonial ruler makes something an official policy, it is as good as done. And that happened at a time when the Jewish population of Palestine was around 3-5%.
The veto power is a bargaining chip among the UNSC members: you scratch my back here, and I will return the favor there.
The initial Balfour Declaration was a British construct, but the US, under intense lobbying by American Zionists like Justice Louis Brandeis, became the overriding force supporting Israel in the later decades.
I do not see a lot of scratching in the Security Council. right now Soviet is vetoing anything regarding Syria/Ukraine.
Before Soviet vetoed anything regarding Iraq, because it is against their interests.
US is vetoing most things relating to Israel.
US only started to support Israel after the six-day war, which is like 20 years after the creation
and long after the Balfour Declaration.
1956 US actively intervened to stop the Suez crisis, threatening the U.K. with bankrupcy.
Arab contacts with the Soviet Union had a lot to do with US starting supporting Israel.
US didn't disapprove on the creation of Israel, but really had nothing to do with its creation.
U.K.s part of the resolution had nothing to do with brute force.
The resolution was voted through, because the current members thought it made sense.
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