Final text of the Church of England General Synod motion ‘That this Synod respond to the call of Palestinian Christians to stand in solidarity with them and their fellow Palestinians in non-violent resistance to the ongoing occupation. We lament the loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives and the violations of human dignity and rights on…
Israel has constructed 25 km of earth berms roughly along the yellow line in Gaza and is fortifying 38 military bases on the eastern side of the territory it controls. Image by Forensic Architecture. Newly constructed Israeli military bases along the “yellow line” appear like elevated military forts in Gaza’s devastated landscape By Forensic Architecture…
Palestinian archives in Gaza, with vital records, were in great danger of being destroyed by Israel in its relentless bombardment campaign – after they had also been subjected to many cyber-attacks. At the same time Israel declared the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) organisation non grata and had to operate…
By Eyal Weizman This article is reprinted from the London Review of Books, Vol.48.No 7, 23 April 2026 with the kind permission of the author and the LRB THE UNITED NATIONS Genocide Convention of 1948 lists five acts that constitute genocide when committed with the intent to destroy a group in whole or in part.…
Photo Caption: View of Qaraoun Dam And Litani River With Jeb Janine, Lebanon. Image: Paul Saad/Shutterstock By Moshe Gilad Haaretz 9 Apr 2026 Israel, and the Zionist movement going back to the 19th Century, always coveted the Litani River as the northern frontier of any future Israeli state. The Litani rises in the Bekaa Valley,…
By Tawfiq Al- Ghussein 9 April 2026 How law, violence and narrative converge to sustain a continuous structure of dispossession and generational harm Trauma, when applied to nations, is often narrated as rupture, a moment of exceptional violence interrupting an otherwise stable historical trajectory. That framing does not fit the Palestinian experience. The Palestinian condition…
United Nations Association – UK statement on the escalatory attacks on Iran, and what Britain and its allies can do now.
A controversy over the language a bishop used about Israel’s campaign against Gaza has dominated the letters pages of the Church Times.
An Anglican Father from Ramallah describes the accelerating exodus of his and other churches’ parishioners from the Occupied Territory as Israeli settlers and soldiers rampage across Palestinian lands.
As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfolded.
‘Less than three years after the Jews of Europe – including members of my own family – were ghettoised and ethnically cleansed for being Jewish, the people of Palestine were ethnically cleansed and ghettoised for NOT being Jewish.’
Freed Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouti described what kept him going through a lifetime of Israeli imprisonment, including torture, starvation and abuse — his faith in and work for the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
A joint statement by the foreign ministers of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom on demolitions by the Israeli authorities of the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem.
Imagine trying to cope with the needs of people after more than two years of genocidal attacks when so many facilities have been damaged and even now, desperately needed supplies are being blocked by Israel, also in violation of the ceasefire agreement.
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.
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.
Hamas, beyond the rhetoric, writes Menachem Klein, acknowledges that the fighting now has to be converted into political and social gains as part of the Trump peace plans. And it looks to Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye as its main allies in this quest.
Israel’s plan to end the Palestinian refugee issue by demolishing its main symbol: the refugee camp.
During the past two years, Israeli settlers have established a record number of new outposts in the occupied territory. The goal is to win on the ground what might otherwise be lost at a negotiating table.
New Kairos Palestine document calls for repudiation of Zionism “What is happening [in Palestine] today is the true face of Zionist ideology . . . turning Palestinian existence into an unbearable hell,” declares the recently released Kairos Palestine document, A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide. By Jeff Wright 20 Dec 2025…
For two years officials in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute has released estimates that make such denial impossible – and echo the patterns of past genocides By Hanno Hauenstein 2 Dec 2025 A new estimate by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock paints…
The killing of Palestinians in Gaza continues, reports our man there, Sami Abu Salem, trappped with his family in the central strip. The Israelis need war, he says—they prefer the military field to the political, for there they are the stronger. Hear his report.
Two Palestinians look with trepidation to the medium- and short-term future.
Introduction by Andrew Whitley, Chair, Britain Palestine Project, to a New Yorker essay by Mohammed Mhawish, a Gazan journalist and writer living in exile after his home was destroyed in the war and he was forced to flee.
We are honoured to welcome the acclaimed historian and award-winning author William Dalrymple as a Patron of the Britain Palestine Project.
British policy towards Palestine reveals a persistent pro-Israeli bias, from Lord Balfour to Theresa May – and on both sides of the Houses of Parliament.
The UK has finally recognised the State of Palestine – a long overdue step. But justice, equality, and freedom still demand action. To mark this moment, we’ve launched our brand-new ‘Recognition is the Beginning’ merch collection.
David Hearst, Editor in Chief of Middle East Eye, says Arab and Muslim leaders have betrayed the Palestinian cause by endorsing Donald Trump’s postwar Gaza plan, which entrenches Israeli control.
It is time for Israel’s political leadership to stop fearing a Palestinian state and instead lead the Israeli public to understand that it is Israel’s lifeline, writes Nadav Tamir.
There can be no justification for Australia failing to use such influence and leverage as may be open to it to help bring this carnage to a halt, writes Bob Bowker.
If the world is serious about peace, it must be serious about sovereignty: political, legal, and economic. That means not just ending the war but enabling Palestinians to own the peace.
‘Recognition cannot, by itself, end violence. It must be followed by a clear sequence of practical measures. But it is the necessary first step – an acknowledgment that Palestinians will remain on our land. We cannot, and will not, disappear.’
21 Sept. 2025 A group of bishops with a close interest in the Holy Land have welcomed the announcement that the UK has formally recognised a Palestinian state. The Bishop of Southwark, Christopher Chessun, the Church of England’s lead bishop for the Middle East, and the Bishops of Chelmsford, Gloucester and Norwich, said the decision…
The World This Weekend: Rashid Khalidi & Robert Malley on BBC Radio 4 On The World This Weekend (BBC Radio 4, Sunday 21 Sept), host Jonny Dymond spoke with two leading voices on the Middle East. Robert Malley, American lawyer and conflict resolution specialist, explained why he no longer believes the two-state solution offers a…
As a key deadline approaches in the United Nations General Assembly, a little-used UN mechanism, immune from the US veto, could bring military protection to the Palestinian people – if we demand it. By Craig Mokhiber 27 Aug, 2025 After 22 months of unprecedented carnage, three things are clear: (1) the Israeli regime will not…
The International Crisis Group examines Israel’s continuing campaign of death and destruction in Gaza, the US Administration’s failure to restrain or stop Israel, the ambivalent and possibly destructive US policies towards the Palestinians, and urges the European and Arab nations to take concrete measures to restrain Israel through trade and cultural sanctions and to hold…