They’re building another wall
By Lara Bird-Leakey Three months ago, a small village in Area C called Um al-Khair suffered the worst demonstration of settler colonial violence and annexation in the West Bank since 7th October. Seemingly random settler violence ripped through the village … Continue reading
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What should the Government do now?
In advance of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on 22-25 September, Dr Phyllis Starkey and Richard Burden, both former Labour MPs and both Balfour Project Trustees, set out eight targets for Keir Starmer’s Government to restore balance to UK … Continue reading
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An expose of Israel’s covert war on the ICC
Top Israeli Government and security officials have overseen a nine-year surveillance operation targeting the International Criminal Court and Palestinian rights groups to try to thwart a war crimes probe, reveals a joint investigation by +972, Local Call and The Guardian … Continue reading
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Getting to the truth about Israel’s assault on West Bank towns, villages, refugee camps
By Richard Burden 2 Sept 2024 In June 2023, I visited a hospital in Nablus, in the Israel-occupied West Bank, a few hours after it had been surrounded by Israeli troops. The attacks that have been launched on West Bank … Continue reading
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ICJ rules Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory illegal; Balfour Project urges UK support
July 23rd 2024 Today, the ICJ has delivered its Opinion: the 1967 Israeli occupation is unlawful. The Balfour Project supports this Opinion and calls on the British Government to do so. In 2022 the UN General Assembly asked the ICJ … Continue reading
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Balfour Project asks of our Labour Government
We have asked David Lammy, Foreign Secretary of our new Government, to change its predecessor’s policy now in several ways, consistent with the comprehensive Action Points produced after our annual conference last month. Restore British Government funding to the UN … Continue reading
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Balfour Project asks of our Labour Government
We have asked David Lammy, Foreign Secretary of our new Government, to change its predecessor’s policy now in several ways, consistent with the comprehensive Action Points produced after our annual conference last month. Restore British Government funding to the UN … Continue reading
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A New Judaism?
Menachem Klein explores how Israel’s rule over the Palestinians has created a new form of the religion Originally published in Logos. A fundamental question: “Are we, Israelis, still Jews?”, asked the philosopher Ernest Simon in 1953.[1] What looks like a … Continue reading
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Israel’s settlers on the rampage in Masafer Yatta threaten to obliterate Umm al-Khair
The Balfour Project’s Lara Bird-Leakey reports on the latest settler raids in the South Hebron Hills and the imminent erasure of a Palestinian community “The worst day ever in Umm Al-Khair. The Israeli occupation forces are destroying people’s homes. So … Continue reading
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Britain’s Broken Promise: Time for a New Approach
NEW BOOKLET Britain’s broken promise: Time for a New Approach Printed version can be bought here or downloaded here. A video of the whole event is now available. A public meeting of 1,200 people at Central Hall Westminster on 31 … Continue reading
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Israeli authorities, Palestinian armed groups responsible for war crimes, grave violations of international law, UN Inquiry finds
The June-July 2024 report of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, primarily on Gaza and Southern Israel but also including the West Bank and East Jerusalem, finds that on 7 Oct last year, … Continue reading
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Church Times Letter to the Editor: Pensions Board and Palestinians
Letter to the Editor, Church Times, 7 June 2024 From the Rt Revd Michael Doe (Balfour Project Trustee), the Very Revd Nicholas Frayling (Chair of the Balfour Project Advisory Forum), and the Rt Revd John Pritchard (Balfour Project Patron) Sir, … Continue reading
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