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...Earl and his party had proceeded from Jerusalem to Nazareth and Haifa in a sort of triumphal tour. At all points, he was met by enthusiastic Jewish colonists; Arabs appeared to inform him that they lived peacefully with their Jewish neighbors...
...Ceremony. The great day came. The University of Mount Scopus (consisting at present of a remodeled house, a copper-domed wing, an unfinished amphitheatre) was crowded by 8,000 clamoring spectators. The ancient city of Jerusalem was as festive as it could be without Arab cooperation. Jewish hawkers sold "Balfour biscuits," "Balfour keftas" (rissoles), "Balfour chocolate," which was not strange in a land which has a model village named Balfouria...
...days later, Lord Balfour left Jerusalem for a tour of the Esdraelon colonies to the north. Of the Arabs, who had stood quietly aloof during the whole visit, many regretted their stand, for they said they held the Earl in high regard and would have liked to extend their traditional courtesies. But, they pointed out, the only pacific means at their disposal for giving vent to their disapproval of British policy was to follow the course adopted in the hope of awakening sympathy for their cause...
...Theocracy and, later still, a kingdom under Saul of the Benjamin Tribe, annointed by Samuel "the last Judge in Israel." Other kings were David and Solomon, after whom the Kingdom was divided: Kingdom of Israel; Kingdom of Judah, which was at one time captured by Nebuchadnezzar who destroyed Jerusalem and carried the Jews into Babylonian captivity. The Kingdom of Israel was destroyed by Sargon, King of Assyria, in 772 B.C. The Kingdom of Judah came to an end when Titus destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Some 60 years later, the Emperor Hadrian put down a Jewish uprisal, forbade the Jews...
...with dry belts and swamps only to see them fertilized by irrigation and drainage. All Arabdom sees its native land being snatched from it. As between the Arabs and the Jews, since cooperation seems hopeless, there is no hope of reconciliation. That is why last week's ceremonies at Jerusalem loomed large from different angles in Arab and Jewish eyes...