November 7 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the Knesset will hold a number of festive events dedicated to the Balfour Declaration, which the promulgation of November 2, 1917 was the turning point in the history of the Zionist movement.
On November 7, an international research conference will be held in the Knesset organized by the Committee for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and the Bnei B'rith World Association.
Among the honored participants of the conference - Speaker of Knesseta Yuly (Yoel) Edelstein, well-known historian Saymon Shama, a member of the House of Lords, Lord Polak - the honorary chairman of the Society of friendship with Israel, the British Conservative Party, MP Dzhoana Rayen - chairman of the Society of friendship with Israel, the British Labor Party, the Knesset , the British Ambassador to Israel David Kveri, leading historians, specializing in topics related to the Balfour Declaration and gave rise to its era. .
The main speaker at the conference were Lord Nathaniel Charles Dzheykob Rotshild, 4th Baron Rothschild - the head of the London branch of the Rothschilds and the honorary president of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (Declaration of the British Foreign Minister Lord Balfour was addressed to the head of the British Zionist Lord Lionel Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild).
On the same day, the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense will hold a festive meeting on the topic "100 years of the Balfour Declaration: from the declaration - to gaining independence and becoming a regional power." Members of the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Israeli and foreign historians will take part in the meeting. Later in the evening, the Knesset plenum will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
Last week an exhibition dedicated to the same topic was opened in the Knesset.