No state to recognise

By Dr Brian Brivati, Executive Director, Britain Palestine Project 6 Aug 2025 Israel appears poised to escalate policies that could irrevocably undermine the prospects for an independent Palestinian state – making robust international pressure more critical than ever. In recent weeks, some of Israel’s closest allies have signalled unprecedented steps to push for a policy…

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Jerusalem, Law, and Memory: The 1930 Ruling on the Buraq Wall

by Tawfiq Al-Ghussein6 August 2025 Ownership of the Western Wall in Jerusalem was definitively adjudicated in December 1930 by an international Commission appointed by the British Government with the approval of the League of Nations. Known in historical literature as the International Commission for the Wailing Wall, this body was composed entirely of eminent non-Arab,…

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