Briefing to the 8782nd session of the Security Council, May 27, 2021

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Diana Safieh

Posted May 31, 2021 by Rashid Khalidi in MR Online. The events of the last few weeks have provoked worldwide recognition of realities on the ground in Occupied Palestine, realities of systemic discrimination, of oppression, and of settler colonialism. People have responded to … Continue reading →

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Israel, Palestine, and Law

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Diana Safieh

Balfour Project statement, 26 May 2021 Equal rights under the law are the foundation stone of all democracies. Israel views itself as a democracy. But many in Israel and around the world, including in Britain, were dismayed by the Knesset’s … Continue reading →

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Essays on Equality, Rights and Responsibilities

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Diana Safieh
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Israel, Palestine and International Law

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Diana Safieh

Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of the Balfour Project Trustees and former Consul-General in Jerusalem, and Professor Adam Sutcliffe, Professor of European History at King’s College, London, and member of the steering group, Independent Jewish Voices, have issued the following statement … Continue reading →

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Sir Vincent Fean on Sky News, 14 May 2021

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Diana Safieh
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Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of Balfour Project, on BBC, 12 May 2021

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Diana Safieh
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UK backs Palestinian elections, including in Jerusalem, at UN Security Council

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Diana Safieh

Excerpt of Statement by British Ambassador Jonathan Allen at the Security Council briefing on the Middle East on 23 April 2021 Mr President, following elections held in Israel on 24 March, we look forward to working with a new Israeli … Continue reading →

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Palestinian peace must rest on international law

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Diana Safieh

By Mary Robinson, published in The Financial Times on 15 March 2021. ICC decision to investigate Hamas and Israel has implications for both sides. BP Trustee, author and international lawyer John McHugo writes: For far too long, political leaders have shied … Continue reading →

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Indonesia is no saviour: against normalisation with Israel

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Diana Safieh

By Gilang Al Ghifari Lukman, published on New Mandala on 11 JAN, 2021 Recent reports of potential normalisation between Indonesia and Israel have received varied reactions in the respective countries. In his three-month marathon toward normalization, U.S. President Donald Trump … Continue reading →

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Seeking cooperation in order to achieve a two-state solution – Ambassador Barbara Woodward

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Diana Safieh

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East. Published 21 December 2020 Thank you, Mr President, and thank you to Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing. As others have done, I’d … Continue reading →

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Former Jerusalem archbishop: How long will Catholics keep ignoring the suffering of Palestinians?

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Diana Safieh

By Michel Sabbah on 22 December 2020. Patriarch Emeritus Michel Sabbah served as the archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first native Palestinian to hold the office for centuries. He is a co-author of the … Continue reading →

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Policy Working Group’s Call For Global Recognition of the State of Palestine

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Diana Safieh

Published November 29, 2020 Today, as the world marks the anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption ofResolution 181, which calls for the establishment of two states – one Jewish and one Arab —on the territory that constituted Mandatory Palestine, … Continue reading →

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Why the World Should Recognize Palestine Now’

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Diana Safieh

By Susie Becher, published in Times of Israel on Nov 27, 2020. I recently came across an article by the renowned Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua explaining his call for recognition of the State of Palestine back in 2014. One of … Continue reading →

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ONE STATE: the Most Natural Outcome Of Unjust Circumstances

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Diana Safieh

This is an except from an interview with the U.S.-based Palestinian writer, journalist and editor (of Palestine Chronicle), Ramzy Baroud, by Linda Ramsdens, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition. It appears in ICAHD’s November, 2020, newsletter, and is … Continue reading →

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Time to recognise the state of Palestine

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Diana Safieh

By Richard Burden, October 20, 2020 This week marks six years since the House of Commons voted, by 274 to 12, for Britain to recognise the State of Palestine alongside Israel. It was the first time in decades that Parliament … Continue reading →

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The British Government’s current position on Israel and Palestine: Recognition of Palestine as a state

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Diana Safieh

Question by Baroness Janke (lib Dem) on 7th February 2022 (HL6030) To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to recognise Palestine as an independent state. Answer from Lord Ahmed (Conservative) on 21st February 2022 We continue to work … Continue reading →

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MPs say no to annexation plans

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

European MPs have come together to oppose the illegal plan of Israel’s Prime Minister to annex part of the Palestinian West Bank, under Israeli military occupation since 1967. Convened by Stephen Kinnock MP, Co Chair of the All Party Parliamentary … Continue reading →

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European countries need to recognise the Palestinian state before it’s too late

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

By Sam Bahour, The Guardian, 12 July 2020 In January, when the Trump administration formally unveiled its long-awaited peace plan for the Israel-Palestine conflict – known as the “deal of the century” – not a Palestinian was in sight, nor … Continue reading →

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A case for equality in Israel and Palestine

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

One State? An alternative, authentic Jewish voice By Peter Beinart, Published in on Jewish Currents 7th July 2020. WHAT MAKES SOMEONE A JEW—not just a Jew in name, but a Jew in good standing—today? In Haredi circles, being a real … Continue reading →

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Andrew Whitley on The UN, Britain and Palestine/Israel – 1947 to Present Day

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

A talk given online in June 2020. Andrew Whitley: My thanks to so many of you for taking the trouble today to attend this online talk from the Balfour Project, I hope you will find it stimulating and thought-provoking. It … Continue reading →

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By recognising Palestine, Britain can help right the wrongs of the Balfour declaration

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

By Avi Shlaim This is the full text of a truncated version of Avi Shlaim’s article in The Guardian. The Guardian had edited out the references to Winston Churchill and the Israeli Policy Working Group. The wave of anti-racist protest … Continue reading →

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Nakba: The forgotten 19th century origins of the Palestinian catastrophe

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

By Joseph Massad in Middle East Eye The Nakba, Palestinians’ loss of their lands and homes, arguably began in the 1880s with the arrival of the first Zionist Jewish colonists, who evicted Palestinians from land the colonists had purchased from … Continue reading →

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Palestine/Israel, the FCO and No 10 – briefing by Sir Jeremy Greenstock

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

Retired Foreign Office Political Director Sir Jeremy Greenstock talked recently with the Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellows about British policy on Palestine/Israel, and answered questions about British Government recognition of Palestine, which he supports, and Israeli annexation plans – which … Continue reading →

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Letter to Boris Johnson on Israeli annexation 1 May 2020

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Tim Llewellyn

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Britain needs to recognise Palestine as an independent state

Posted on May 8, 2019 by admin

Ian Black It’s time to get off the fence and resolve this most toxic of global conflicts in the only way possible Over the Bank Holiday weekend, coinciding with the start of the Ramadan fast for Muslims and the run-up … Continue reading →

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