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Britain Palestine Project: Recognition is the Beginning
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May 5, 2026

The British Mandate for Palestine: law, authority and the limits of international legitimacy

Current PositionsMay 5, 2026

By Tawfiq al-Ghussein 6 May 2026 The legal status of the British Mandate for Palestine has long been treated as a settled matter within the history of international law, typically framed as part of the institutional settlement overseen by the League of Nations after the First World War. Within this conventional account, the Mandate system…

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Golders Green: antisemitism is real and so is its weaponisation

Current PositionsMay 5, 2026

Photo caption:  Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Daniel Levy from Fourcast (via YouTube) Sat 2 May 2026 Jewish Voice for Liberation Introduction: Channel 4’s The Four Cast took a deep dive on 30 April into the implications of the Golders Green stabbings and the calls for restricting Palestinian protest which have followed. Channel 4 lead presenter Krishnan…

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