Shows
Britain Palestine ProjectResist! Palestinian women and non-violent resistance to occupation with Rula Salameh
Rula Salameh is a veteran journalist, community organiser, and the Education and Outreach Director in Palestine for Just Vision, an organisation that fills a media gap in Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling and strategic audience engagement.
She produced three of Just Vision’s films - Budrus (2009), My Neighbourhood (2012), and Naila and the Uprising (2017) - and has led the team’s public engagement efforts across Palestinian society for over 15 years.
Since 2019, she has contributed a weekly column to Ma'an News covering Palestinian social issues from the perspective of grassroots communities. In addition to her work with J...
2024-03-211h 01Britain Palestine ProjectHow to turn the tragedy into a strategic opportunity with Nadav Tamir, Executive Director of J Street Israel
Nadav Tamir is the Executive Director of J Street Israel and an Advisor for International and Governmental Affairs at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation.
Nadav served as the Senior Policy Adviser to the President of Israel during the last 3 years of the presidency of Shimon Peres.
Nadav returned to Israel in 2010 after serving as the Consul General of Israel to New England at the Consulate General of Israel in Boston for four years. He then served at the Policy Planning unit of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs until July 2011 when...
2024-03-0450 minBritain Palestine ProjectInjustice to the defenceless: the plight of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
with Claire Nicholl (Save the Children), Tareq Shrourou (Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights) and Jude Lanchin (solicitor).
All links to reports can be found here www.balfourproject.org/injustice
Claire Nicholl is Save the Children’s Regional Humanitarian Policy & Advocacy Lead for the Middle East. She has been working with the agency’s team in the occupied Palestinian territory for many years, and is the author of several reports on the treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. This work has been underpinned by her time spent with former detainees and other children and young people in t...
2024-02-201h 11Britain Palestine ProjectDestruction of Gaza’s health system: need to restore hope with Dr Nick Maynard
Professor Nick Maynard trained at Oxford University, Guy’s Hospital, London, and Melbourne, Australia. He is a Consultant Upper GI Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Oxford University. He set up the Oxford Oesophagogastric Cancer Centre in 1997 and is the Senior Surgeon and Clinical Lead. From 2021 to 2023 he was President of the Association of Upper GI Surgery for Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS), demitting in September 2023.
Nick first visited Palestine in 2008, and since 2010 he has been visiting Gaza regularly. Each October he leads a group of Oxford Consultants sp...
2024-02-1352 minBritain Palestine ProjectPost Conflict Gaza; Construction or Reconstruction with Charlie Bird OBE
In conversation with Andrew Whitley, Balfour Project Chair.
From 2010 to November 2018 Charles Bird, OBE, was a Teaching Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK, and was Course Tutor for the Certificate and Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies.
Between 1986 and 2010 he was a member of HM Diplomatic Service, specialising in the Middle East, conflict, post-conflict, terrorism and counter-terrorism issues. Postings included to the UAE (1988–92) with involvement in Desert Storm, Belgrade (1992–93) during the war in former Yugoslavia, Macedonia (1999) for the Kosovo crisis, Greece and N...
2024-01-241h 22Britain Palestine ProjectJerusalem and Gaza: Taking Stock with Daniel Seidemann
Daniel (Danny) Seidemann has lived in Jerusalem since 1973. He has been a member of the Israeli Bar Association since 1987. Since 1991, he has specialized in the geopolitics of contemporary Jerusalem, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the city.Danny and his colleagues founded, Terrestrial Jerusalem, and are frequently consulted by senior decision-makers and governmental bodies on matters pertaining to both unfolding developments in Jerusalem and the broader issues relating to a permanent status agreement. He has also been conducting ongoing discussions on Jerusalem issues within the Arab world, and with Christian faith communities and diaspora Jewish communities. He...
2024-01-1655 minBritain Palestine ProjectWest Bank focus: lockdown, settler violence and forced displacement in Masafer Yatta
The Balfour Project and Sadaka, the Ireland Palestine Alliance, jointly presented this timely webinar.
While the world’s attention is on the Gaza war, very bad things are happening fast in the West Bank. Susan Power, Head of Legal Research and Advocacy at Al-Haq in Ramallah, analysed the Israeli lockdown of the West Bank and the licence given to settler violence and forced displacement of Palestinians from their lands.
Mr Owda Hathaleen gave an eye witness account of the pressures being brought to bear on the villagers of Masafer Yatta to abandon their hom...
2023-12-191h 20Britain Palestine ProjectArab-Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In Conversation: Avi Shlaim and Nic Pelham
Avi Shlaim is an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. His books include Collusion across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine (1988); War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History (1995); The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2000, updated edition 2014); Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace (2007); Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations (2009); and Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew (2023).Nicolas Pelham is Middle East correspondent at The Economist, Author of Holy Lands, Journalist of...
2023-12-141h 03Britain Palestine ProjectThe politics of water in Israel-Palestine: a discussion with James FergussonOnline webinar hosted on 21 November 2023
In Search of the River Jordan is the new book by award-winning writer and journalist James Fergusson. Travelling through Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, Fergusson describes how historic water resources such as the Jordan River and the Dead Sea have been diverted or depleted, and how the unequal competition for remaining water resources dominates the lives of Palestinians in the occupied territories.
This webinar addressed broader contexts, including the war in Israel-Gaza and the COP28 Climate Change summit in Dubai (which will starts a few days after this webinar) a...
2023-11-2155 minBritain Palestine ProjectDr Ralph Wilde Webinar: How Britain broke international law to stop Palestinian independenceThe 29th of September marks the centenary of when the League of Nations ‘Mandate Agreement’ for Palestine entered into force in international law. This legal instrument purported to put the commitment to establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine made by Arthur Balfour in the eponymous Declaration of 1917—then merely a non-legally-effective statement—on a sound international legal footing. It paved the way for how the UK administered the Mandate. The Agreement purported to bypass the legal obligation in Article 22 of the League Covenant to provisionally recognize statehood of and for the inhabitants of the Mandate—people who were overwhelmingly Arab Palesti...
2023-09-2859 minBritain Palestine ProjectLaunch of the KEYS: A Troubled Inheritance Podcast with Mike JosephAn epic journey to uncover a Holocaust inheritance leads relentlessly to discovering a Nakba inheritance: two catastrophes that are very different, but very connected. Can they both be heard and understood? With personal testimony, letters and memories by those who survived and those who did not, this challenging audio series is dramatised and narrated by broadcaster Mike Joseph.
2023-09-061h 11Britain Palestine ProjectClosing Statement— Balfour PRoject chair, Andrew Whitley2023 CONFERENCE: Human Rights in Palestine: Responsibility and Accountability
Wednesday 17 May at Church House, London
2023-06-1409 minBritain Palestine ProjectParliamentary Panel chaired by Sir Vincent Fean, Balfour Project Vice-Chair, with Flick Drummond (Conservatives), Bambos Charalambous (Labour), Dr Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party)2023 CONFERENCE: Human Rights in Palestine: Responsibility and Accountability
Wednesday 17 May at Church House, London
2023-06-1443 minBritain Palestine ProjectPanel Discussion followed by Q&A chaired by Dr Phyllis Starkey, Balfour Project Trustee, with Francesca Albanese, Shawan Jabarin, Melanie Ward and Suhad Bishara, Adalah2023 CONFERENCE: Human Rights in Palestine: Responsibility and Accountability
Wednesday 17 May at Church House, London
2023-06-141h 01Britain Palestine ProjectRealities on the GroundSeparate & Unequal—Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch
Access to Health—Melanie Ward, Medical Aid for Palestinians
Children’s Rights & Child Prisoners—Miranda Cleland, Defense for Children International—Palestine
Freedom of Movement, Expression and Assembly—Shawan Jabarin, Al-Haq
2023 CONFERENCE: Human Rights in Palestine: Responsibility and Accountability
Wednesday 17 May at Church House, London
2023-06-141h 20Britain Palestine ProjectKeynote Speech followed by Q&A—Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories2023 CONFERENCE: Human Rights in Palestine: Responsibility and Accountability
Wednesday 17 May at Church House, London
2023-06-1444 minBritain Palestine ProjectWelcome - Andrew Whitley, Balfour Project Chair & Introduction to Conference—Baroness Sayeeda Warsi2023 CONFERENCE: Human Rights in Palestine: Responsibility and Accountability
Wednesday 17 May at Church House, London
2023-06-1432 minBritain Palestine ProjectRichard Falk, John Dugard and Michael Lynk - The United Nations and Palestine: Stranded Between Promise and Performance
Richard Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor's Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Falk has published extensively with multiple books written about international law and the United Nations.
John Dugard is a South African professor of international law. His main academic specialisations are in Roman-Dutch law, public international law, jurisprudence, human rights, criminal procedure and international criminal law. He has served on the International Law Commission, the primary UN institution for the development of international law, and has been active in reporting on human-rights...
2023-04-131h 20Britain Palestine ProjectMatthew Teller - Jerusalem and the British: 200 turbulent yearsMatthew Teller’s “Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City” (Profile Books, 2022) was named a Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph. Matthew writes for the BBC, Guardian, Independent, Times, Financial Times and other global media. He has produced and presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and World Service, and has reported for Radio 4’s ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ from around the Middle East and beyond. He is the author of several travel guides, including the Rough Guide to Jordan. His previous book was "Quite Alone: Journalism from the Middle East 2008–2019".
2023-03-301h 00
Britain Palestine ProjectIn conversation with Ambassador (rtd.) Ilan Baruch and Ashraf Al-AjramiAmbassador (ret.) Ilan Baruch is chairperson of the Policy Working Group (PWG), an Israeli advocacy team focusing on policy issues pertaining to the achievement of peace between Israel and Palestine based on the two-state paradigm. PWG members are all volunteers and come from senior diplomatic, academic, political, media and human rights backgrounds.
On March 1st 2011, Baruch resigned from the Israeli Foreign Ministry on grounds of principle after a 36-year diplomatic career. In multiple media interviews, Baruch explained that his resignation came in the wake of Israel’s departure from its decade-long commitment to the two- state solution....
2023-03-081h 13Britain Palestine ProjectBritish Pacification in Mandate Palestine, 1936-39 - Matthew HughesMatthew Hughes is Chair in military history at Brunel University London. His most recent book Britain’s Pacification of Palestine: the British Army, the Colonial State and the Arab Revolt, 1936-39 came out with Cambridge University Press in 2019. He is currently working on a project examining British military force on Borneo at the end of empire, 1962-66.
2023-02-2458 min
Switchblade Sisters Social ClubSwitchblade Sisters Social Club PromoA true crime podcast where two sisters exploit their worst fears for your entertainment. You’re welcome!
Diana Safieh is a writer and podcaster whose areas of expertise are Palestine, true crime and anything even slightly unusual.
Meet Randa, your new co-host!
Randa was a regular fixture on Dee's former podcast We Knew the Moon, and after much coercion, Dee convinced her to become a permanent fixture.
Randa is a parent of 6-year-old twins Che and Rio and a social media manager. If you are a small business owner or podcaster an...
2023-02-1304 minBritain Palestine ProjectPalestine: overview of 2022 and prospects for this year – Ray DolphinRay Dolphin worked in the West Bank and Gaza for over 30 years, most recently for the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), where he was Senior Analyst. In addition to numerous UN reports, his book ‘The West Bank Wall: Unmaking Palestine’ was published by Pluto Books in 2006 and he collaborated with Magnum photographer Joseph Koudelka for the photo-book, ‘Wall’, published by Aperture in 2013.
2023-02-0359 minBritain Palestine ProjectChronicler of Palestine - Raja Shehadeh & Tim LlewellynAuthor Raja Shehadi in conversation with journalist Tim Llewellyn about his new book We Could Have Been Friends my Father and I
Raja Shehadeh is a lawyer and writer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile Books including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, as well as Strangers in the House; Occupation Diaries; Language of War, Language of Peace; A Rift in time; Where the Line is Drawn and his most recent book Going Home A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation. He...
2023-01-201h 04Britain Palestine ProjectLaunch “Abandoning Palestine” conference booklet with Layla Moran MPPlease join us for a 45 minute recording of our webinar with Layla Moran MP. Layla, our chair Andrew Whitley and trustee John McHugo will launch the Balfour Project booklet recording our 2022 conference “Abandoning Palestine: the end of the British Mandate and our continuing responsibility”. The booklet is available to download here. If you would like a hard copy posted to you, we would appreciate a donation to cover postage. Please email diana@balfourproject.org with the address you would like the booklet posted to.
2023-01-0946 minBritain Palestine ProjectPalestine's World Cup triumph with Omar Karmi and Tamir SorekOmar Karmi, a Palestinian-British journalist, and Tamir Sorek, an expert on football in Palestine-Israel, discuss the Palestinian phenomenon at the 2022 World Cup, the reactions worldwide, and the game and players in Israel-Palestine.
2022-12-201h 03Britain Palestine ProjectPalestinian Christians, Reality, Challenges and Prospects – Revd Dr Munther IsaacThe world turns to Bethlehem during Christmas, but they have a fairytale image of the little town. However, this is a real community with real challenges. This webinar gives an insight into the reality and challenges of Palestinians and Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land.
Revd Dr Munther Isaac is a Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian. He now pastors the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. He is also the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College, and is the director of the highly acclaimed and influential Christ at the Checkpoint conferences.
2022-12-0758 minBritain Palestine ProjectCulture x Conflict: Palestinian Cuisine as Anticolonial ResistanceAll views and resources are those of the Fellows and speakers alone and not necessarily representative of the Balfour Project.
2022-11-251h 02Britain Palestine ProjectOn Impunity and Exceptionalism: Will Israel Be Held Accountable to International Law? - Dr Ramzy BaroudPalestinian author and journalist Dr. Ramzy Baroud discusses the reasons behind Israel’s lack of accountability to international law. While many countries, especially in the Global South, are held accountable to United Nations resolutions and to international humanitarian laws, Israel remains untouched. The role of the UK, past and present. What will it take for the Palestinians to achieve justice?
Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is ‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intel...
2022-11-171h 07Britain Palestine ProjectFive elections in three years, is Israel moving backwards or forward? with Yachad's Danielle BettDanielle Bett is Yachad’s Director of Communications. Prior to joining Yachad, Danielle worked as the Jewish Leadership Council’s Scotland Manager. She has worked on several interfaith and antiracism initiatives. She’s also worked closely with the Israeli community in Scotland, having founded the Scottish Israeli Cultural Association – a non-political non-religious initiative for Israelis living in Scotland. She has a degree in International Relations and Spanish from the University of St. Andrews. Danielle is Scottish-Israeli and grew up in Israel.
2022-10-2652 min
The Neurodivergent Awakening - Navigating life and parenting as an AuDHDerEpisode 16 - Neurodivergent Women, Spirituality and Moon Cycles - is there a link? With Diana Safieh and Sareta FontaineJoin me for my first collaborative podcast with Diana Safieh and Sareta Fontaine. Find Diana here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we.knew.the.moon.podcast/https://weknewthemoon.co.ukhttps://weknewthemoon.co.uk/podcasthttps://www.facebook.com/groups/501220987367978/?ref=pages_group_ctaFind Sareta here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhorebrand/https://www.instagram.com/heysareta/https://saretafontaine.com/women-who-rebrand/SOURCESJust Fucking Do It by Noor Hibbert The Subtle Art of N...
2022-10-141h 09Britain Palestine ProjectA Palestinian state now or equal rights until there is a solution by Sam Bahour & Dr Tony KlugIn anticipation of the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian talks convened by the US Secretary of State John Kerry in 2014, Sam Bahour and Dr Tony Klug called for a new international strategy to replace failed peace negotiations, based on a vision of the endgame and the principle of equality. In a co-authored article, they proposed that, after half a century, Israel should be required to choose between recognizing a Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza within a brief deadline or granting full and equal citizenship rights to everyone within its jurisdiction until there is a solution. In...
2022-09-151h 14Britain Palestine ProjectCulture x Conflict: 100 years of Palestinian ArchitecturePlease join us for the first in a series of three webinars hosted by some of our Peace Advocacy Fellows. This first webinar on Palestinian Architecture is hosted by Amber Khan, who is studying Law, Business & Management MSc and Legal Practice Course at the University of Law. She will be joined by Danna Masad - Architect and co-founder at Shamsard Design Studio Khaldun Bshara - Architect, restorer, anthropologist and director of The Riwaq Centre AbdalRahman Kittana - PDH Architecture lecturer and co founder of The Yalla Project
2022-07-281h 29
Britain Palestine ProjectEducation Workshop: Israel-Palestine in secondary schools & having the confidence to teach itThis was a three-hour FREE workshop being hosted by the Balfour Project on the morning of Saturday 25 June.
The workshop was primarily for secondary school history teachers but anyone interested in the teaching of Palestine – Israel is very welcome to join us. The sessions will include short presentations, discussions and Q & As.
Our objective is to persuade more schools to teach about Israel – Palestine, because of the importance of the subject in Britain’s past, present and future, and its continuing importance to international human rights, international law, peace, justice and equality.
The Balfou...
2022-06-272h 39
Britain Palestine ProjectUrgent: halt evictions in Masafer Yatta with Breaking the Silence’s Becca Strober and Balfour Project's Matan RosenstrauchIsrael’s Supreme Court has ruled that over 1,000 Palestinians can be forcibly evicted from their homes in Masafer Yatta, a community in the South Hebron Hills. Write to the Government to help stop this flagrant eviction of people from their home.
Enter your postcode and see the letter – send it to your MP in one click!
Becca Strober is a former soldier originally from Philadelphia. She is the Director of Education at Breaking the Silence
2022-06-091h 23
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Balfour Project conference statement - Dr Phyllis StarkeyVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1806 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Parliamentary Panel – Julie Elliott MP, Rt Hon David Jones MP, Layla Moran MP, Tommy Sheppard MPVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
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Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: My family and Jerusalem - Layla Moran MPVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1812 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Palestinian Panel, chaired by Dr Imad Karam, with Leila Sansour, Adam Abdalla, Atef Alshaer and Victor KattanVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
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Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Britain in a post-imperial world—Rory StewartVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1831 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Welcome to Day 2 by chair Dr Phyllis Starkey, Victor Kattan introducing the talk of Professor Michael LynkVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1833 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Close of Day 1 with chair Sir Vincent FeanVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1710 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: The legal vacuum Britain created - John McHugoVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1736 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Photographing the Nakba - Roger HardyVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1719 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: From Balfour to Bevin - Britain's betrayal of Palestine - Professor Avi ShlaimVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1754 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: British Police and Security in Palestine - Lord CopeVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1720 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Farewell to Palestine: a personal experience of the Nakba—Dr Ghada KarmiVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1717 min
Britain Palestine ProjectAbandoning Palestine Online Conference: Welcome by Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of Day 1 and Keynote Speaker Dr Hanan AshrawiVisit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.
2022-05-1754 min
Britain Palestine ProjectDefenceless: Palestinian children in Israeli military detentionwith Lana Ramadan from Save the Children, Ramallah and lawyers Jude Lanchin and Tareq Shrourou
Lana Ramadan is the Advocacy and Campaigns Senior Office at Save the Children International oPt country office. Lana has extensive technical expertise and knowledge on the detention file in the oPt context. She worked for several Palestinian human rights organizations before joining SCI, including Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association as well as Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. Lana has a Master’s Degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Pol...
2022-05-121h 16Britain Palestine ProjectPeople live here: the 918 firing zone and threat of expulsion with local activist Ali Awad and Breaking the Silence's Becca StroberAli Awad is a 22 year-old activist from the village of Tuba in the South Hebron Hills.
Becca Strober is a former soldier originally from Philadelphia. She is the Director of Education at Breaking the Silence.
2022-03-241h 22Britain Palestine ProjectAbbas Milhem on Palestinian agriculture under occupationOnline talk given in March2022.
Abbas Milhem is the current Executive Director (since 2014) of the Palestinian Farmers’ Union, providing technical guidance and full supervision on project development and implementation processes for the 14 branches of the Union across the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Abbas previously worked with the Sudan Civil Society and Youth Participation (CSDY) Program as a Country Director for Sundan, the International Republican Institute (IRI) Sudan, Arab-Americare Foundation, Health, Development, Information, and Policy Institute (HDIP), Palestinian Center for Peace and Democracy (PCPD), and the Palestinian Child Cultural Center. Abbas has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engli...
2022-03-021h 09Britain Palestine ProjectBashir Bashir on Equal Rights for All in Palestine/IsraelOnline talk given in February 2022
Bashir Bashir is associate professor in the department of sociology, political science and communication at the Open University of Israel and a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. His primary research interests are nationalism and citizenship studies, liberalism, democratic theory, decolonization and the politics of reconciliation. Among other numerous publications, he is the co-editor of The Holocaust and Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History (Columbia University Press, 2018); and The Arab and Jewish Questions: Geographies of Engagement in Palestine and Beyond (Columbia University Press, 2020). His writings have appeared...
2022-02-171h 04Britain Palestine ProjectDr Susan Power & Rula Jamal LLM from Al Haq – Under Threat: Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Face Effects of DesignationsOnline talk given in February 2022
Rula Jamal LLM - Head of Monitoring and Documentation at Al-Haq
Dr Susan Power - Head of Legal Research and Advocacy at Al-Haq
In 2021, the government of Israel designated al-Haq a 'terrorist' organisation, a decision condemned by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and B'tselem.
2022-02-011h 12Britain Palestine ProjectConversation with Director Dror Moreh about “The Gatekeepers”.Conversation with Director Dror Moreh and Sir Vincent Fean about “The Gatekeepers”.
2022-01-2747 minBritain Palestine ProjectRohan Talbot & Wafa Dakwar from MAP- The plight of Palestinian refugees in LebanonWafa Dakwar - Programme Manager, Beirut, Medical Aid for Palestinians
Rohan Talbot - Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, London, Medical Aid for Palestinians
2022-01-251h 02Britain Palestine ProjectLaunch of Israel/Palestine: In Search of the Rule of Law Conference Souvenir BrochureDominic Grieve is a barrister and a visiting professor on Law, Politics and Human Rights at Goldsmiths, University of London. From 1997-2019 he was MP for Beaconsfield. He was Shadow Home Secretary from 2008-09 and Shadow Justice Secretary from 2008-10. He was Attorney General of England and Wales from 2010-14. From 2015-19 he was chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
Nada Kiswanson is a Swedish lawyer of Palestinian origin. She serves as counsel for hundreds of Palestinian victims before the International Criminal Court. Kiswanson has worked on the occupation of Palestine for over a d...
2021-12-161h 04Britain Palestine ProjectGideon Levy & Sarah Helm: Israel/Palestine - telling it like it isGideon Levy is an Israeli journalist, currently for Haaretz, and author. Levy has won prizes for his articles on human rights in the Israeli-occupied territories.
Levy was drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in 1974 and served as a reporter for Israel Army Radio. From 1978 to 1982, he worked as an aide to Shimon Peres, then the leader of the Israeli Labor Party. In 1982, he began to write for the Israeli daily Haaretz. In 1983–87, he was an assistant to the editor-in-chief.
He has written a column called "Twilight Zone" about the hardships of the Palestinians since 1988. In 2004, Levy pu...
2021-12-091h 12Britain Palestine ProjectQ&A with director Farah NabulsiOn his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy is it to go shopping?
Farah Nabulsi is an Oscar nominated and BAFTA Award-Winning Palestinian British filmmaker, born, raised and educated in the UK. She left the corporate world in 2016 to start working in the film industry as a writer & producer of short fiction films, exploring topics that matter to her. This includes Today They Took My Son, endorsed by renowned British Director Ken Loach, screened at the...
2021-11-1937 minBritain Palestine ProjectJonathan Kuttab on Defending Palestinian human rights: what role for the U.K.?In light of the Israeli Government decision to designate 6 Palestinian human rights organisations as “terrorist”, Jonathan Kuttab has kindly agreed to devote the first part of his talk on Thursday at 3 pm (U.K.) to this crisis. Jonathan co founded al-Haq, one of the 6 organisations targeted by Israel.
He will update us on the situation, and propose ways in which civil society – including the Churches - and Parliamentarians should work to oppose this decision.
Before taking questions, Jonathan will speak briefly on his original theme: Beyond the Two-State Solution.
Jonathan Kuttab is co-fou...
2021-10-281h 06Britain Palestine ProjectHannah Weisfeld of Yachad on Ending the Occupation for the good of allHannah is the director and a founder of Yachad. Yachad works to mobilise British Jews in support of a political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She previously chaired the Jewish Social Action Forum for two years, bringing together leading Jewish communal organisations to develop the community’s social action agenda and also worked as a consultant for the Pears Foundation.
2021-09-021h 02Britain Palestine ProjectSir Vincent Fean on Palestine/Israel: Britain’s role, then and nowSir Vincent Fean is member of the British Diplomatic Service (DS) 1975-2014, his last post was as Consul-General, Jerusalem (2010-14). Before Jerusalem, he was Ambassador to Libya, and previously High Commissioner to Malta.
Vincent advocates equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians, and British Government recognition of the state of Palestine alongside Israel on pre-June 1967 lines.
What brings us together is a clear aim:
Peace, Justice and Equal Rights in Israel/Palestine.
Our mission is:
Acknowledging Britain’s continuing historic responsibilities, to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian pe...
2021-08-051h 04Britain Palestine ProjectTinderbox Q&A with Gillian Mosely, Robert Cohen and Tim LlewellynPanel discussion with director of Tinderbox Gillian Mosely, Amos Trust trustee Robert Cohen and Balfour Project executive committee member Tim Llewellyn.
Click here to visit the official Tinderbox website for information about future screenings.
2021-07-1536 minBritain Palestine ProjectSophie Bridger on Education Under Occupation - Eyewitness Testimony from the West BankSophie Bridger served as a Human Rights Monitor with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel in 2019. During her time in the West Bank, she observed numerous human rights violations, and witnessed the impact of ongoing occupation on children and local families. Since her return, she has talked about what she witnessed in the West Bank and advocated for a just peace in the region.
2021-07-1555 minBritain Palestine ProjectEugene Rogan - Neither Pro-Zionist nor Pro-Arab but Pro-Empire: A Re-assessment of British Policy in the Palestine MandateEugene Rogan is Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at Oxford University, where he has taught since 1991, a Fellow of St Antony’s College and Director of the Middle East Centre. He took his B.A. in economics from Columbia, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Middle Eastern history from Harvard. In 2017 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. He is author of The Arabs: A History (2009, 2017), named a best book of 2009 by The Economist, The Financial Times, and The Atlantic Monthly. His new book, The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Mi...
2021-06-031h 00Britain Palestine ProjectCase Studies on Gaza, Settlements, Palestinian children in Israeli military detention and AccountabilityDay 2 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Case studies introduced by Michael Lynk:
Gaza – Issam Younis
The settlement project – Hagit Ofran
Palestinian children in Israeli military detention – Sahar Francis
Accountability – Nada Kiswanson
Followed by panel discussion and Q&A
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Is
2021-06-0156 minBritain Palestine ProjectInternational Law: indispensable in the search for a just Middle East peace – Prof Michael LynkDay 2 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
International Law: indispensable in the search for a just Middle East peace – Prof Michael Lynk
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
2021-06-0149 minBritain Palestine ProjectParliamentary Panel: Jack Straw, Wayne David MP, Layla Moran MP, Joanna Cherry QC MP, moderated by Lord AlderdiceDay 1 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
2021-06-0140 minBritain Palestine ProjectCan international law prevail in Israel/Palestine? The role of the UK – Rt Hon Jack StrawDay 2 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Can international law prevail in Israel/Palestine? The role of the UK – Rt Hon Jack Straw
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
2021-06-0125 minBritain Palestine ProjectAndrew Whitley reads the Balfour Project statementDay 2 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
2021-06-0106 minBritain Palestine ProjectRights-based approach – Zaha Hassan & The dual legal system in the OPT – Michael SfardDay 1 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Why a rights-based approach makes a just, lasting political solution more likely, and why now – Zaha Hassan The dual legal system in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the role of the Supreme Court of Israel – Michael Sfard Discussion between Zaha Hassan and Michael Sfard, moderated by Dominic Grieve QC Remarks by Dominic Grieve QC Forward look to Day 2 with Sir Vincent Fean.
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli...
2021-05-261h 23Britain Palestine ProjectIsrael/Palestine: recent developments at the ICJ and ICC – Philippe Sands QCDay 1 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Presentation by Philippe Sands, Followed by discussion and Q&A with Balfour Project Trustee John McHugo and Dominic Grieve QC
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
2021-05-2652 minBritain Palestine ProjectBaroness Brenda Hale on Why the rule of law mattersDay 1 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Welcome with Sir Vincent Fean and Dominic Grieve QC and Baroness Brenda Hale on Why the rule of law matters.
Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
2021-05-2630 minBritain Palestine ProjectSir Vincent Fean on Sky News, 14 May 2021Learn more about the Balfour Project
www.balfourproject.org
2021-05-1405 minBritain Palestine ProjectSir Vincent Fean, Chair of Balfour Project, on BBC, 12 May 2021Listen to our Chair Sir Vincent discuss the escalation of violence in the region.
2021-05-1206 minBritain Palestine ProjectSir Vincent Fean's Instagram AppealI have received reports that some Instagram users in Jerusalem are facing censorship, presumably by Instagram itself, which is owned by Facebook. Palestinians have reported that recently, when they write Instagram messages about the wave of evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, their messages are recorded as having been sent – but do not reach their followers on Instagram. This is a worrying development, without explanation so far.
One way to register concern is to Report a Problem through your Instagram account.
Below is a suggested form of words, if you decide to do so.
2021-05-1002 minBritain Palestine ProjectS02 E05 Nadia Hijab on Moving Beyond Statehood Debates and on to How We Get ThereNadia Hijab is co-founder and President of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, the transnational Palestinian think tank. She is a writer, public speaker and media commentator. Her first book, Womanpower: The Arab debate on women at work was published by Cambridge University Press and she co-authored Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel (I. B. Tauris). She was Editor-in-Chief of the London-based Middle East magazine before serving as at the United Nations in New York. She is a co-founder and former co-chair of the US Campaign for Human Rights and now serves on its advisory board.
2021-05-0652 minBritain Palestine ProjectS02 E04 John Lyndon – Northern Ireland & Israel/PalestineNorthern Ireland & Israel/Palestine: what two differing paradigms can teach us about conflict resolution
John Lyndon is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), the largest network of peacebuilding NGOs in Israel/Palestine. He brings with him over a decade of experience leading NGOs concerned with conflict resolution and international development, with a particular focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the pivotal role civil society can play in any lasting resolution.
A regular contributor and commentator on events in the Middle East, his writing has featured in numerous international publications, and he...
2021-04-291h 00Britain Palestine ProjectS02 E03 Rev Dr Munther Isaac - Christian Zionism as Imperial TheologyMunther Isaac is a Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian. He now pastors the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. He is also the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College, and is the director of the highly acclaimed and influential Christ at the Checkpoint conferences.
Munther is passionate about issues related to the Palestinian theology. He speaks locally and internationally and has published numerous articles on issues related to the theology of the land, Palestinian Christians and Palestinian theology, holistic mission and reconciliation. He is the author of “The Other Side of the Wall”, “From Land to Lands, from E...
2021-03-241h 06Britain Palestine ProjectS02 E02 Raja Shehadeh on Britain and Palestine, a family historyRaja Shehadeh is a lawyer and writer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile Books including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, as well as Strangers in the House; Occupation Diaries; Language of War, Language of Peace; A Rift in time; Where the Line is Drawn and his most recent book Going Home A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation, won the Moore Prize 2020. He lives in Ramallah Palestine.
2021-03-0354 min
Britain Palestine ProjectS02 E01 Ardi Imseis on “Unfinished Business: Why the United Kingdom Must Now Recognise the State of Palestine”Dr. Ardi Imseis is an Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University. He is a Member of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, a UN Human Rights Council commission of inquiry mandated to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in the civil war in Yemen. Between 2002 and 2014, he served in senior legal and policy capacities with the UN in the Middle East (UNRWA & UNHCR). He has provided expert testimony in his personal capacity before various high-level bodies, including the UN Security Council, and to members of the UK House of...
2021-01-0759 minBritain Palestine ProjectS01 E12 In Conversation with Leila SansourLeila Sansour is a Palestinian/British filmmaker with more than 24 years of experience working in television as a producer, director and writer. She is best known for her two feature documentaries released across cinemas in the UK and internationally to a high critical acclaim- “Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army” 2003 and “Open Bethlehem” 2014. Before moving into independent films, Leila worked as a producer on Al Jazeera’s leading documentary series “Encounter in Exile” and made several award winning shorts. She holds a masters degree in philosophy and fluently speaks Arabic, English, Russian and French.
She has worked as a consultan...
2020-12-171h 23Britain Palestine ProjectS01 E11 Sir Vincent Fean - How may the US Presidential Elections Affect the Israel/Palestine Conflict?Balfour Project Chair, Sir Vincent Fean, will be giving his impressions on how the US election results will affect the situation in Palestine/Israel.
Sir Vincent Fean is member of the British Diplomatic Service (DS) 1975-2014, his last post was as Consul-General, Jerusalem (2010-14), responsible locally for British Government relations with the Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories – what Vincent calls Palestine. Before Jerusalem, he was Ambassador to Libya, and previously High Commissioner to Malta. He studied Arabic in the DS. Vincent advocates equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians, and British Government recognition of the state of Pa...
2020-11-121h 15Britain Palestine ProjectConference on Jerusalem - Closing Remarks and StatementClosing Remarks and Statement
HE Khaled Al-Duwaisan -Kuwaiti Ambassador to the UK
Sir Vincent Fean
2020-10-2811 minBritain Palestine ProjectConference on Jerusalem - Session VI: Questions and AnswersJerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020
Session VI: Questions and Answers
Moderated by Ian Black
Panellists: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Daniel Seidemann, Daniel Levy, Rula Salameh, Sir Vincent Fean
2020-10-2836 minBritain Palestine ProjectConference on Jerusalem - Session V: Britain’s Role in the Coming YearsJerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020
Session V: Britain’s Role in the Coming Years
Chair: Sir Vincent Fean
Keynote Speaker: Rt Hon Alistair Burt
Panellists: Julie Elliott MP (Labour), Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP), Rt Hon Baroness Lindsay Northover (LibDem)
2020-10-281h 06Britain Palestine ProjectConference on Jerusalem - Session IV: Contemporary Realities and Plans to Share the CityJerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020
Session IV: Contemporary Realities and Plans to Share the City
Chair: Dr Imad Karam (BP Trustee)
Keynote Speaker: Daniel Levy
Panellists: Ariel Caine, Rula Salameh, Yudith Oppenheimer
2020-10-281h 16Britain Palestine ProjectConference on Jerusalem - Session III: Religion and Holy SitesJerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020
Session III: Religion and Holy Sites
Chair: Bishop Michael Doe (BP Executive Committee)
Keynote Speaker: Daniel Seidemann
Panellists: Imam Monawar Hussain, Bishop Christopher Chessun, Rabbi Jeremy Gordon
2020-10-281h 16Britain Palestine ProjectConference on Jerusalem - Session II: International Law and Human RightsJerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020
Session II: International Law and Human Rights
Chair: John McHugo (BP Trustee)
Keynote Speaker: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
Panellists: Iain Scobbie, Daniel Seidemann & Victor Kattan
2020-10-281h 12Britain Palestine ProjectConference on Jerusalem - Introduction & Session I: HistoryJerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020
Introduction Welcome: Sir Vincent Fean (BP Chair of Trustees) Video Message from HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
Session I: History Chair: Andrew Whitley (BP Trustee) Keynote Speaker: Avi Shlaim Panellists:Menachem Klein, Mick Dumper, Salim Tamari
2020-10-281h 28Britain Palestine ProjectS01 E10 Ian Black on Unseen question? Zionism and the Palestinians under the British MandateFrom the early days of Zionist settlement in Ottoman Palestine it was clear that the project faced opposition from the native Arab majority. Hostility escalated with the start of British rule and the violence that engendered. Zionist leaders like David Ben-Gurion admitted privately that a national confrontation was under way but official public messaging was that Arabs would benefit from the Jewish economic development of the country. By the end of the Palestinian “great rebellion” of 1936-1939 that was exposed as an illusion.
Ian Black is a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre, LSE. He was...
2020-10-081h 05Britain Palestine ProjectS01 E09 Former Israeli Ambassador Dr. Alon Liel - Is the failed formal annexation attempt a regional turning point?If you found this interesting, please consider donating to our work. https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/balfour-project
Former Israeli diplomat who served as:
*Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and of the Ministry of Economy and Planning.
*Ambassador of Israel to South Africa 1992-1994 (Non Resident Ambassador to Mozambique and Zimbabwe)
*Consul General of Israel to South Eastern United States (based in Atlanta, Georgia)
*Foreign Ministry Spokesman
*Charge D ‘affairs (head of mission) of Israel in Turkey
*Vice Consul of Israel to the Mid-Western United States (based in Chicago. Il...
2020-09-091h 04Britain Palestine ProjectS01 E08 Tim Llewellyn on The Crafting of the News: the British media and the Israel-Palestine QuestionPlease consider a donation to the Balfour Project.
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2020-08-131h 02Britain Palestine ProjectS01 E07 Toppling Balfour, a talk by Sarah HelmSarah Helm, former Middle East correspondent for The Independent, asks how far the roots of today’s tragedy in Palestine and Israel lie in the arrogance and racism of British imperialism.
Could Balfour’s experiment - at any point during the British mandate - have been reversed?
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2020-07-231h 03Britain Palestine ProjectS01E06 Andrew Whitley on The UN, Britain and Palestine/Israel - 1947 to Present DayAndrew Whitley is founder and executive director of Geo-Political Advisory Services (GPAS), a UK-based consultancy that works on the alleviation of armed conflict in the Middle East and Asia. He was previously Policy Director and interim Chief Executive of The Elders, the organisation of global figures founded by Nelson Mandela. Before joining The Elders in London, in January 2011, Andrew worked for four decades around the world, first as a journalist with the BBC and Financial Times and later, from 1995 to 2010, with the United Nations. From 1990 to 1994 he was the founding director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and No...
2020-07-061h 08Britain Palestine ProjectS01 E05: John McHugo on A Fresh Look at the Palestine Mandate and Britain’s Historic ResponsibilitiesJohn McHugo is a trustee of the Balfour Project and a board member of CAABU, the Council for Arab British Understanding. He has an academic background in both International Law and Islamic studies. He is the author of three books on the history of the Middle East. In reverse order of publication, these are A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi’is, Syria: A Recent History, and A Concise History of the Arabs. His talk today is an expansion of what he says about the Palestine Mandate in A Concise History of the Arabs.
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2020-06-301h 08Britain Palestine ProjectS01E04 Vincent Fean on Settlements and UNRWAWelcome to the Balfour Project podcast. Today we are very glad to have Vincent Fean, who is the chair of the Balfour Project. He will be speaking on the topics of the illegal settlements and UNRWA.
Click here to read full transcript.
References mentioned in podcast episode:
Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel;
Meet the Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellows;
Balfour Project.
2020-05-0414 minBritain Palestine ProjectS01E03 Vincent Fean on the ICC, Trade Agreements and Umbrella OrganisationsClick here to read full transcript.
2020-05-0418 minBritain Palestine ProjectS01E02 Vincent Fean on Israeli Annexation and International LawClick here to read full transcript
2020-05-0418 minBritain Palestine ProjectS01E01 Vincent Fean on Annexation, International Law and RecognitionWelcome to the new Balfour Project podcast. Today we are very glad to have Vincent Fean, who is the chair of the Balfour Project. We are going to be answering questions on annexation, recognition, we're going to touch on the topic of lobbying and peace, how to help the region of Palestine during the coronavirus, and several other issues.
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References mentioned in podcast episode:
Medical Aid for Palestinians;
IMET 2000;
Friends of the Holy Land;
MP template;
A Fresh Look at the Palestine Mandate and Britain's Historic Responsibilities - John...
2020-04-3030 minBritain Palestine ProjectBonus: Sir Vincent Fean on Palestine/Israel -Britain's role, then & nowA talk by Sir Vincent Fean - Chair of the Balfour Project & former British-Consul General, Jerusalem, followed by Q&A.
View transcript here.
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