{"60720":{"#nid":"60720","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Schneer Shows British Duplicity in Origins of Arab-Israeli Conflict","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new book by School of History, Technology, and Society Professor Jonathan Schneer reexamines the context of one of the defining documents of our time - the controversial Balfour Declaration.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict\u003C\/em\u003E, a new book by School of History, Technology, and Society Professor Jonathan Schneer, was released by Random House this month.  An eminent American scholar of British history, Schneer reexamines Britain\u2019s intentions in the Middle East during World War I.  He shows that when Britain issued the Balfour Declaration she laid the foundation stone of modern Israel \u2013 but also of Arab dispossession \u2013 and thus the modern conflict in the Middle East.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnnounced in 1917 in the midst of World War I, The Balfour Declaration committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of \u201ca national home for the Jewish people.\u201d  Schneer demonstrates that, although most British leaders were sympathetic to Zionist aspirations, they were also extraordinarily duplicitous in their dealings with the Zionists -- and with the Turks and Arabs as well.  At the same time the British were promising Palestine to the Jews they were promising its northern parts to France and to the Arabs.  And they promised Turkey that she could keep Palestine if she would sign a separate peace treaty with the Allies. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBasically, Prime Minister David Lloyd George was willing to promise anything to anybody in order to win the war,\u201d said Schneer, \u201cand we are living with the consequences.\u201d\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlmost anything about the Middle East raises controversy, but Schneer emphasizes the non-partisan nature of his scholarship and said that he \u201cis sympathetic to both the Jews and the Arabs of the period.\u201d\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Balfour Declaration \u003C\/em\u003Eis being widely reviewed by premier publications including the Wall Street Journal of August 10, Newsweek of August 16, the New York Times Book Review on August 22 and the London Sunday Times on August 29.  A talk and book signing is planned for October 6, 6:00pm at the Carter Center.  The event is free and open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new book by School of History, Technology, and Society Professor Jonathan Schneer reexamines the context of one of the defining documents of our time - the controversial Balfour Declaration.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New book reexamines controversial history"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-08-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:19","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60721":{"id":"60721","type":"image","title":"...","body":null,"created":"1449176281","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:01","changed":"1475894528","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:08","alt":"...","file":{"fid":"191194","name":"tbg97270.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbg97270_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbg97270_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52313,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tbg97270_0.jpg?itok=5cX5_XAo"}},"60722":{"id":"60722","type":"image","title":"Professor Jonathan Schneer","body":null,"created":"1449176281","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:01","changed":"1475894528","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:08","alt":"Professor Jonathan Schneer","file":{"fid":"191195","name":"ttp97339.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttp97339_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttp97339_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":42418,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ttp97339_0.jpg?itok=Ykdx9aV5"}}},"media_ids":["60721","60722"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9781400065325","title":"The Balfour Declaration"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.hts.gatech.edu\/faculty\/schneer-jonathan.php","title":"Jonathan Schneer"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10531","name":"Balfour"},{"id":"10533","name":"Britain"},{"id":"9998","name":"British"},{"id":"1683","name":"history"},{"id":"171016","name":"Schneer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}