Pro-Hamas Activist Destroys and Slashes Century-Old Portrait of Arthur Balfour, the Architect of Declaration Pivotal to Israel’s Creation (VIDEO)
A member of the protest group Palestine Action defaced a century-old portrait of Arthur Balfour at Trinity College, Cambridge.
The incident involved the activist spraying the painting with red paint and slashing it, actions that the group shared through images and video footage on social media.
Arthur Balfour, who served as the UK’s Foreign Secretary in the early 20th century, is principally known for the Balfour Declaration, a public statement issued by the British government that supported the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
This document laid the groundwork for the eventual founding of the state of Israel in 1948 and is seen by many as a turning point in Jewish history.
