ENGLAND?

….ok, so Ethiopia is not a well known destination for holiday travelers. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that the nation cut ties with Israel and today has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world?

As I am meditating on this, the united kingdom comes to mind…..ah ha! Am I on to something?

By 1922 the British Empire influenced 458 million people and covered almost ¼ of the earth’s land area!

It had great effect on the politics, economies, languages and cultures of a good chunk of the world.

It was said, “THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE”.

In 1917, Lord Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, wrote a letter quoting a decision made in a British Cabinet meeting. This paper is known as “The Balfour Declaration”.

It states that His majesty’s government views with favor the establishment of a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine.

The British government will do their best to facilitate this goal understanding that the religious and civil liberties of non Jewish communities in Palestine would not be taken away.

In 1939, Great Britain reneged on the Balfour Declaration by issuing “The White Paper” which stated that creating a Jewish State would no longer be a British Policy.

This was the year Germany invaded Poland and “The White Paper” prevented millions of Jews from fleeing to Palestine and escaping death in Nazi Germany.

It also dragged Great Britain into WW II .

So did this affect Great Britain? Today, is it still said,  “THE SUN NEVER SETS ON  THE BRITISH EMPIRE?”  

Why did everything change?