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The best book on the Balfour Declaration is…

Palestine: The RealityThe inside story of the Balfour Declaration 1917–1938 by J.M.N. Jeffries Published: 1939, reissued 2017 Formats: Hardback, paperback ISBN: 9781911072126 £26.99 First published by Longman Green and Co. Reissued by Olive Branch Press and Skyscraper Publications. Paperback £26.99 By John McHugo    Many people trying to get to grips with the Israel/Palestine conflict…

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Britain must lead efforts to stop Israel’s annexation of the West Bank

Letter to the Guardian While all eyes are on the US/Israeli war on Iran, Israel proceeds with its systematic West Bank annexation. Chancellor Merz has condemned “annexation moves”, including the illegal E1 settlement project designed to divide the West Bank in two and destroy Palestine’s viability.Iran, and Israel’s military occupation of south Lebanon, have delayed…

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Gaza fall-out: Israeli agricultural exports face ‘collapse’ as world rejects products

Israeli farmers issue a warning that the country’s agricultural export industry is facing a looming collapse becauseof international opposition to the Gaza invasion, the mass killings of Palestinian civilians and the almost total physical destruction of environment and infrastructure . Recent reports show the impact of boycotting Israel, and why the Israeli ‘brand’ may never recover.

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Being Jewish after the destruction of Gaza, with Professor Peter Beinart

24 February 2026 In this powerful and thought-provoking conversation, Professor Peter Beinart joins the Britain Palestine Project to discuss his latest book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza (Knopf, 2025), and to reflect on what this moment demands morally, politically and spiritually. Beinart describes Gaza not only as a humanitarian catastrophe, but as a…

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Trump’s new Board of Peace plan challenges UN peace roles well beyond Gaza

The BPP Executive Director, Dr Brian Brivati, argues that most of the international legal questions raised by “Trump’s Board of Peace” (BoP) and the related National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), flow from the BoP Charter, which purports to supply authority for Gaza’s transitional governance while also gesturing toward a far broader conflict-resolution role.

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‘Give Peace a Chance’ is a smokescreen – keep up the pressure on Israel and Western states

Beware the language of ceasefire and peace, writes MANDY TURNER. When Israel and its Western allies call for ‘ceasefire’ they mean not of Israeli bombs but of Palestinian demands for self-determination, dignity and freedom. In recent weeks, the phrase “give peace a chance” has again been weaponised to deflect calls for justice and accountability. But…

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