British Foreign Office celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in style

What a lovely way to end the week:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1192380716261&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

after all the hate that is emanating from some sections of Britain, at least the British Foreign Office has had the gumption to celebrate the Balfour Declaration with a lecture by Martin Gilbert.

The same Martin Gilbert who appeared on prime time Israeli TV in January, comparing Hamas to Hitler. ridiculing London Mayor, Ken Livingsonte (who also has a problem with Jews) and stating to the interviewer that the world has to get rid of HAMAS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKXMGaLJr8g&mode=related&search=

Probably the conclusion of Matthias Kuentzel's book as well, I should think:

http://irenelancaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/review-of-jihad.html

as well as of Denis MacEoin's recently-published research on hate literature available in contemporary British mosques:

http://irenelancaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/normal-muslim-r.html

Lambeth Palace has also come out strongly in favour of the Balfour Declaration, by the way, and is proud of the English Churches' role in its implementation:

http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/releases/060905.htm

And the recent trip by British academics to Israel, organised by the British Council and the IAB, was also most successful:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1192380666621&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

If this carries on, we may almost be seeing the days of the Messiah!

I wish!!