Activists steal bust of Israel's first president from UK university

To mark 117 years since the Balfour Declaration which saw the then-UK Foreign Secretary, Lord Balfour, announcing his support for the establishment of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine, activists from Palestine Action have removed the bust of Israel’s first President Chaim Weizmann from a display at the University of Manchester.

Activists steal bust of Israel’s first president from UK university

To mark 117 years since the Balfour Declaration which saw the then-UK Foreign Secretary, Lord Balfour, announcing his support for the establishment of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine,… pic.twitter.com/Goyn73YN1L

— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) November 2, 2024

OPINION: Balfour Declaration that gifted Palestinian land to Zionists

Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.