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Source: https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/11/19/on-the-100-anniversary-of-the-balfour-declaration-an-inconvenient-history-for-egypt-and-israel/

Egypt Welcomed the Balfour Declaration

(Egyptian Streets) Ayman S. Ashour - In 1917, and for over a decade, the Balfour Declaration was not seen by most Egyptian intellectuals as detrimental to the Palestinians. The Governor of Alexandria, Ahmad Ziour Pasha - later Prime Minister of Egypt - went to a party in the city celebrating the Balfour Declaration that culminated in their sending a telegram to Lord Balfour to thank him. A delegation of leading Muslims and Christians traveled to congratulate the Jews of Palestine. The Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar officially hosted Chaim Weizmann in 1918.

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