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Britain Palestine Project: Recognition is the Beginning
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February 12, 2025

When captivity is the price of courage

Balfour Project viewpoint, Current PositionsFebruary 12, 2025

By Richard Burden 12 Feb 2025 Last month, I wrote about the haunting photo of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya standing alone and unarmed in front of advancing Israeli tanks amid ruins around his hospital in Gaza. I called the post “What courage looks like.” Soon after the photo was taken, Dr Abu Safiya was abducted by Israeli…

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UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees at a Crossroads with Dr Lex Takkenberg

Events, PastFebruary 12, 2025

20th February 2025 Watch Recording Here Listen to Recording Here Dr. Lex Takkenberg spoke on the basic facts about the Agency’s mandate, history and work on behalf of Palestinian refugees. A Dutch National, he is Senior Advisor on the Question of Palestine at ARDD, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development, in Amman. From 1989 until…

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