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Faith-based activism in response to extremist settler violence in the West Bank with Rabbis for Human Rights
28 Jan 2026 In this episode of the Britain Palestine Project Podcast, host Diana Safieh is joined by Rabbi Dr Dana Sharon and Anton Goodman from Rabbis for Human Rights, an Israeli NGO grounded in Jewish ethical and religious values. … Continue reading
Recognition was the beginning: BPP review of 2025 and preview of 2026
With Andrew Whitley (Chair), Sir Vincent Fean (Trustee) and Dr Brian Brivati (Executive Director) 16th December 2025 Britain Palestine Project reflects on the political, legal and humanitarian developments of 2025 and looks ahead to the challenges and opportunities shaping 2026. … Continue reading
In conversation with Humza Yousaf, former First Minister of Scotland
20th November 2025 Watch Video Recording Listen to Audio Recording/Podcast
Policy Working Group: Israelis seeking two-state solution through international engagement with Susie Becher
25th November 2025 Watch Video Listen to Audio/Podcast Susie Becher – Communications Director of the Policy Working Group (PWG), founding member of All Its Citizens, managing editor of the Palestine-Israel Journal, longtime activist, and former US Embassy analyst – explores … Continue reading
When does political speech about Palestine and Israel cross the line into antisemitism?
25th September Brian Klug is Hon Fellow in Social Philosophy, Campion Hall, University of Oxford. He has published and lectured extensively on antisemitism, Islamophobia and racism in general, and is one of the authors of the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (2021). Earlier this … Continue reading
Britain Palestine Project at Beyond Borders Festival
Beyond Borders International Festival – Saturday 23 August 2025 Traquair House, Scottish Borders Set in the beautiful grounds of Traquair House, Beyond Borders is a unique weekend of talks, discussions, film screenings, music, and cultural events, bringing together leading thinkers, … Continue reading
Palestine/Israel: challenging the British Government with Andrew Whitley & Sir Vincent Fean
July 2025 Britain has a unique historic responsibility to advance equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis. One year into a Labour Government, is it really “leading on international law issues” globally, as our Attorney General claims? Not on Israel/Palestine, where … Continue reading
Mental Health in Gaza: a war on babies, children and families with Teresa Bailey
July 2025 Watch Video Listen to Audio/Podcast We hear from child psychotherapist Teresa Bailey, a founding member of the UK Palestine Mental Health Network. Drawing on decades of experience in children’s mental health services and recent advocacy with colleagues in … Continue reading
How Israeli society became radicalised? Professor Menachem Klein discusses why normal Israelis came to support the Gaza war crimes
10 June 2025 Professor Menachem Klein speaks on the radicalisation of Israeli society and its support for war crimes in Gaza. Klein, a veteran in unofficial Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and a signatory of the Geneva Agreement, discusses the historical and social … Continue reading
Conference & Podcast Catalogue 2012-2025
It is our pleasure to present the Britain Palestine Project Conference and Podcast Catalogue, a collection embodying our charity’s mission of advocacy and education. The Britain Palestine Project (BPP), formerly the Balfour Project, is a UK-based educational charity dedicated to … Continue reading
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UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees at a Crossroads with Dr Lex Takkenberg
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 … Continue reading
‘Hope is a Radical Act’: Reflections on my travels in the occupied territory of Palestine with Miranda Pinch
January 2025 Watch Here Listen Here View Miranda’s Slides Here Miranda’s mother was a secular Jewish refugee from the Holocaust in 1938. She was always bitterly opposed to what was being done to the Palestinians in her name as a … Continue reading
The Palestinians of Israel: the historical development from 1948 to present with Thair Abu-Ras
4th December 2024 Click here to download slides. Thair Abu Ras is a PhD candidate at the department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. A Palestinian citizen of Israel, Thair has extensive experience in civil society in … Continue reading
The role of non-violent resistance for Palestinians in the light of the Gaza war with Jonathan Kuttab
14th November 2024 Jonathan Kuttab is a co-founder of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and co-founder of Nonviolence International. A well-known international human rights lawyer, Jonathan practices in the US, Palestine and Israel. He serves on the Board of … Continue reading
Understanding Hamas: Palestinian resistance from the PLO onwards with Helena Cobban
24th October 2024 Helena Cobban is a writer and researcher on international affairs who lives in Washington DC. In 1984, Cambridge U.P. published her seminal study The Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Three of her six other sole-authored books dealt with political … Continue reading
Upholding international law: dream or reality? With Dr. Ardi Imseis, Assistant Professor of Law, Queen’s University
12 July 2024 Watch webinar Listen to audio/podcast Dr. Ardi Imseis is an Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University. He is a Member of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, a UN Human … Continue reading
Israel and Palestine – A durable peace must be based on human rights & justice
30th July 2024 with Kristyan Benedict, Crisis Response Manager for Amnesty International UK Kristyan Benedict manages Amnesty International UK’s Crisis Response Programme, focusing on armed conflict, mass repression, and UK foreign policy. His work has involved working with and supporting activists … Continue reading
What the Government must do to uphold equal rights
Vincent Fean May I draw your attention to a strong new economic document called Palestine Emerging. You will find it on a website:a website: http://www.palestine-emerging.org. It’s not a political document, but it is based on the assumption that there will … Continue reading
How young people bring about change
Adrian Kreutz, Lily Wood (Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellows), chaired by Matan Rosenstrauch (Fellowship Programme Coordinator) Adrian Kreutz – Israel Arms Suspension Lily Wood – Israel Arms Suspension, Recognise Palestine, TikTok Matan Rosenstrauch Matan Rosenstrauch is an anti-occupation activist … Continue reading
Imad Karam and Mohammed Ghalayini: Gaza testimony
Imad Karam I was born and brought up in Gaza. I’ve lived in Britain for the last 22 years. My whole family is in the north of Gaza today. More than 70 of my relatives have died. The latest one … Continue reading
Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International
Transcript from our ‘Peace with Justice – how to get there’ Conference in London on 6th June 2024. Since October we have been plunged back to a future we don’t want, one we were all promised would never recur. The 1948 Universal … Continue reading
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CONFERENCE: Peace with Justice – how to get there
6 June 2024 at Bush House KCL and online Bush House, 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG Download Conference Photographs Conference Summary Report Conference Action Plan Email Your MP on Recognition of Palestine Conference Highlights Reel Scroll to the bottom of … Continue reading
Getting aid into Gaza with Mr Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA in the OPT
1st May 2024 Watch webinar Listen to audio/podcast Andrea De Domenico brings more than twenty years of experience in humanitarian assistance and emergency relief both in the field and in headquarters. Between 1998 and 2005 he has worked in Albania, … Continue reading
What price the two-state solution? with Sir Vincent Fean
16th April 2024 Sir Vincent Fean is a retired member of the British Diplomatic Service (DS) 1975-2014. His last post was as Consul-General, Jerusalem (2010-14). Before Jerusalem, he was Ambassador to Libya, and previously High Commissioner to Malta. Vincent advocates … Continue reading
How to turn the tragedy into a strategic opportunity with Nadav Tamir, Executive Director of J Street Israel
4th March 2024 Watch Video Listen to Audio/Podcast Nadav Tamir is the Executive Director of J Street Israel and an Advisor for International and Governmental Affairs at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. Nadav served as the Senior Policy … Continue reading
Injustice to the defenceless: the plight of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention.
20th February 2024 with Claire Nicholl (Save the Children), Tareq Shrourou (Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights) and Jude Lanchin (solicitor). Save the Children Injustice Report Save the Children Defenceless Report Children in Military Custody Report Military Court Watch Report Save … Continue reading
Jerusalem and Gaza: Taking Stock with Daniel Seidemann
16th January 2024 Daniel (Danny) Seidemann has lived in Jerusalem since 1973. He has been a member of the Israeli Bar Association since 1987. Since 1991, he has specialized in the geopolitics of contemporary Jerusalem, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in … Continue reading
The politics of water in Israel-Palestine: a discussion with James Fergusson, author of ‘In Search of the River Jordan’
Online webinar hosted on 21 November 2023 In Search of the River Jordan is the new book by award-winning writer and journalist James Fergusson. Travelling through Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, Fergusson describes how historic water resources such as the … Continue reading
An Eye Witness account of my time as an Ecumenical Accompanier in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
6 June 2023 NOTE: this webinar was not be recorded, as per EAPPI standard policy. Ann Wilson (ex CAFOD employee in the Diocese of Salford and previous chaplain of Loreto College, Manchester) returned from monitoring human rights violations and breaches … Continue reading
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Screening of the documentary film Britain in Palestine 1917 – 1948
April 2023 Palestine Museum US held a Screening of our film 18-minute documentary Britain in Palestine 1917-1948, followed by Q&A discussion with Balfour Project Vice-Chair Sir Vincent Fean, a British diplomat, and Trustee John McHugo, a British historian and lawyer. … Continue reading
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The United Nations and Palestine: Stranded Between Promise and Performance with Richard Falk, John Dugard and Michael Lynk
12 April 2023 Richard Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Falk has published extensively with multiple books written about international law and the … Continue reading
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Danielle Bett (Yachad): Five elections in three years, is Israel moving backwards or forward?
26 October 2022 Danielle Bett is Yachad’s Director of Communications. Prior to joining Yachad, Danielle worked as the Jewish Leadership Council’s Scotland Manager. She has worked on several interfaith and antiracism initiatives. She’s also worked closely with the Israeli community … Continue reading
The legal vacuum Britain created: how Britain failed its sacred trust of civilisation towards the Palestinian people – John McHugo
Talk given at Abandoning Palestine conference, May 2022. I After the First World War, Britain wanted Palestine for its own imperial purposes: to strengthen its control of the Suez Canal, to provide a land bridge from Egypt to Iraq, and … Continue reading
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Opportunities for Encounter: Christian pilgrimage and beyond
6pm UK time Wednesday 12th October 2022 THIS WEBINAR WAS NOT RECORDED, BUT PLEASE VIEW THE HANDY LIST OF RESOURCES PROVIDED. Thousands of Christians visit the Holy Land each year with a deep desire to “walk where Jesus walked”. But … Continue reading
WATCH ONLINE: Raja Shehadeh: To Absent Fathers
In 1985, Raja Shehadeh’s father Aziz was murdered in a pre-meditated knife attack. The circumstances of the crime are the subject of his Strangers in the House. Today, through his new memoir, Shehadeh sheds a different light on the father-son relationship … Continue reading
The Human Factor followed by Q&A with the director Dror Moreh
Tuesday 20th September at 6pm. The epic behind-the-scenes story of the United States’ 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East. Recounted from the unique perspective of the American mediators on the frontlines. Tickets: £10, Free for Friends of … Continue reading
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A Palestinian state now or equal rights until there is a solution
Zoom Webinar, Thursday 15 September 2022 at 3pm UK time. In anticipation of the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian talks convened by the US Secretary of State John Kerry in 2014, Sam Bahour and Dr Tony Klug called for a new … Continue reading
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Education Workshop: Israel-Palestine in secondary schools & having the confidence to teach it
On Saturday, 25 June, the Balfour Project hosted an online workshop to encourage more schools to teach this subject. Ninety attended, of whom 25 were practising teachers, 18 of them currently teaching the subject. Over a hundred have viewed the … Continue reading
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Culture x Conflict Series
All views and resources are those of the Fellows and speakers alone and not necessarily representative of the Balfour Project. Culture x Conflict: Palestinian Cuisine as Anticolonial ResistanceThurs 24th November Culture x Conflict: 100 years of Palestinian Architecture
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Urgent: halt evictions in Masafer Yatta with and Breaking the Silence’s Becca Strober
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that over 1,000 Palestinians can be forcibly evicted from their homes in Masafer Yatta, a community in the South Hebron Hills. Write to the Government to help stop this flagrant eviction of people from their … Continue reading
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Defenceless: Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
Lana Ramadan is the Advocacy and Campaigns Senior Office at Save the Children International oPt country office. Lana has extensive technical expertise and knowledge on the detention file in the oPt context. She worked for several Palestinian human rights organizations … Continue reading
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People live here: the 918 firing zone and threat of expulsion with local activist Ali Awad and Breaking the Silence’s Becca Strober
Online talk given in March 2022. Ali Awad is a 22 year-old activist from the village of Tuba in the South Hebron Hills. Becca Strober is a former soldier originally from Philadelphia. She is the Director of Education at Breaking … Continue reading
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Nine Quarters of Jerusalem Book Launch
Online talk given in March 2022 Recording of Matthew Teller’s ‘Nine Quarters of Jerusalem’ book launch live from Jerusalem. This event was jointly organised by the Bethlehem Cultural Festival, Educational Bookshop Jerusalem and Balfour Project. Book Review: Nine Quarters of … Continue reading
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Abbas Milhem on Palestinian agriculture under occupation
Online talk given in March2022 Abbas Milhem is the current Executive Director (since 2014) of the Palestinian Farmers’ Union, providing technical guidance and full supervision on project development and implementation processes for the 14 branches of the Union across the … Continue reading
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Bashir Bashir on Equal Rights for All in Palestine/Israel
Online talk given in February 2022 Bashir Bashir is associate professor in the department of sociology, political science and communication at the Open University of Israel and a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. His primary research … Continue reading
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Al Haq – Under Threat: Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Face Effects of Designations
Online talk given in February 2022 Rula Jamal LLM – Head of Monitoring and Documentation at Al-Haq Dr Susan Power – Head of Legal Research and Advocacy at Al-Haq In 2021, the government of Israel designated al-Haq a ‘terrorist’ organisation, … Continue reading
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Conversation with Director Dror Moreh about “The Gatekeepers”.
Online talk given in January 2022
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Rohan Talbot & Wafa Dakwar from MAP- The plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
Online talk given in January 2022 Wafa Dakwar – Programme Manager, Beirut, Medical Aid for Palestinians Rohan Talbot – Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, London, Medical Aid for Palestinians Click here to view MAP’s position paper: Systematic Discrimination and Fragmentation Click … Continue reading
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Israel/Palestine: In Search of the Rule of Law Conference Souvenir Brochure
Online launch in December 2021 Dominic Grieve is a barrister and a visiting professor on Law, Politics and Human Rights at Goldsmiths, University of London. From 1997-2019 he was MP for Beaconsfield. He was Shadow Home Secretary from 2008-09 and … Continue reading
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