Sept 27/10 - Pt 2: Balfour Declaration

We started this segment with a clip from the Balfour Declaration -- one of the most important and one o the shortest foreign policy statements ever uttered. It was signed by Arthur James Balfour -- Britain's Foreign Secretary -- in 1917. And it helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel, 31 years later.

But according to Jonathan Schneer, the simplicity of that message obscures a history of duplicity and deceit that has bogged down peace efforts for decades and resonates even today as another round of peace talks hits more snags. His new book is The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. He was in our Toronto studio.