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Letter to Foreign Secretary

Sunday 21st September 2025 Dear Friends Recognition is the beginning The statement below sets out the Britain Palestine Project’s considered view on the UK’s recognition of the State of Palestine. Recognition is a vital first step, but it must be … Continue reading →

Join launch webinar Mon 15 September at 1pm UK time  Read full report The Britain Palestine Project is proud to support the new international campaign, launched today, to “Stop Trade with Settlements” and welcomes its meticulously researched and authoritative report … Continue reading →

See the full text of the TJ briefing by Daniel Seidemann here: TJ Analysis of E1 Developments Israeli media is reporting that the government has backtracked from discussing a formal West Bank annexation proposal, removing it from the September 5 … Continue reading →

By Tawfiq Al- Ghussein 6 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 … Continue reading →

A talk at the Round Table workshop on the Middle East. Initiatives of Change International, Forum on Democracy, Caux, Switzerland. By Peter Shambrook 11 July 2025 I owe Caux a huge debt. My visit here as a student some 56 … Continue reading →

11 July 2025 In the following article, reprinted from Arab Digest, and written by an unnamed author, it is argued that Ibn Saud, the founder and first King of Saudi Arabia (1932-1953) consistently prioritised relations with Britain and the United … Continue reading →

We need your help! Many of you have attended our webinars on topics such as child military detention, the radicalisation of the Israeli population, the war on Gaza, etc, and as you may know, these webinars then become part of … Continue reading →

Letter from Sir Vincent Fean and 25 other former British Diplomats urging Prime Minister Starmer and President Macron to push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and to unconditionally recognise the state of Palestine, affirming international law and offering a … Continue reading →

Monday 27 May 2025 6:30pm (UK time) Online ️ £8 / Free for Friends of the Britain Palestine Project CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKET We’re delighted to invite you to a special online screening of the acclaimed documentary Bye Bye … Continue reading →

By Brian Brivati Executive Director, Britain Palestine Project, 9 May, 2025 On 8 May, 2025, the Britain Palestine Project/King’s College London conference on the “Rule of Law and Justice in the Middle East – Focus on Palestine” brought together academics, … Continue reading →

There is a rare chance to persuade our Government to take positive action on Palestine/Israel. France aims to recognise the state of Palestine by June. Our Government has been dragging its feet, despite a clear Labour manifesto commitment. Please consider … Continue reading →

Feb 2025 In this article, in Life and Work, the monthly magazine of the Church of Scotland, Jackie Macadam interviews Monica Spooner and her husband Roger, founders of the Balfour Project (now the Britain Palestine Project), about their discovery of the … Continue reading →

Designed for both assembly and classroom delivery (KS3-5) this 40-minute whistlestop history (+ 20 minutes for Q&A) focusses on Britain’s role in Palestine, the Nakba (1947-1978) occupation and resistance, and the contemporary history of Gaza. Designed and delivered by Mike … Continue reading →

By Andrew Whitley and Lara Bird-Leakey 22 November 2024 Yesterday, 21 Nov 2024, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague unanimously confirmed arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav … Continue reading →

By Richard Burden & Phyllis Starkey 16 Nov 2024 You always think things cannot get any worse for the Palestinians. But every year they do. It is 15 years since Israel last allowed a UK parliamentary delegation into the Gaza … Continue reading →

Order here Released: 28th November, 2024Format: Paperback, eBook ISBN:9781836280750   £12.99 eISBN:9781836287193   £6.99 A unique, factual and evocative narrative that raises awareness of Britain’s historic responsibility and role in the Israel Palestine conflict. Paperback £12.99 Read a review in the Methodist Recorder An endearingly told … Continue reading →

A personal view: How Starmer’s Labour Government has helped enable Israel’s genocide 16 Oct 2024 By Joseph Willits   A personal view: What the last year showed us about how the UK handles international law and values Palestinian life Lara … Continue reading →

By Peter Oborne Middle East Eye, 4 Oct 2024 His deft diplomacy stands in sharp contrast to the likes of Netanyahu, Biden and Starmer Just over 30 years ago, Conservative politician Michael Ancram made a journey into the heart of … Continue reading →

Visit job microsite for more information.  Are you passionate about securing peace with justice, security, and equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis? Do you have the leadership skills to drive a dynamic and influential charity to new heights? If so, … Continue reading →

By Joseph Massad Wed 31 Jul 2024 Jewish Voice for Labour introduction Joseph Massad, professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history at Columbia University, in New York City, looks at the conscious effort that goes into framing the way … Continue reading →

By Menachem Klein 31/07/2024 The Palestinian reconciliation agreement signed in Beijing on 22 July[1] did not attract much attention. It is easy to understand why. Many agreements like it have been signed between Fatah and Hamas since the 1980s and have … Continue reading →

Successes so far: Summary We asked the Government, through David Lammy, the new Foreign Secretary to change its predecessor’s policy now in several ways, consistent with the comprehensive Action Points produced after our annual conference in June. The results so far are: … Continue reading →

By Oren Ziv, July 8, 2024 Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission In … Continue reading →

Balfour Project urges UK to support court Today [19 July 2024], the ICJ has delivered its Opinion: the 1967 Israeli occupation is unlawful. The Balfour Project supports this Opinion and calls on the British Government to do so. In 2022 … Continue reading →

In answer to the Balfour Project’s request to the four main Westminster parties for their positions on the Gaza situation and the wider crisis in Israel/Palestine, in particular the list of demands that emerged from our annual conference in London … Continue reading →

Sign up to monthly donations of any amount to become a Friend of the Britain Palestine Project. This helps with admin costs and planning our future, and entitles you to exclusive Friends meetings as well as discounted and free tickets … Continue reading →

The Times of London has published this letter from John Bond, a founding member of the Balfour Project and a member of the Balfour Project Advisory Forum. Sir, I disagree with the assertion in your leading article that any democratic government … Continue reading →

Transcript from our ‘Peace with Justice – how to get there’ Conference in London on 6th June 2024. Daniel Levy Confusion reigns since President Biden gave his ceasefire speech on 31 May. The White House then issued a statement signed … Continue reading →

Israel’s war on Gaza may be “a curtain call” for the post-World War Tw0 international rules-based order, Amnesty International secretary general Agnes Callamard said on Thursday. “The gravity of the violations being committed, the fact that we are witnessing them … Continue reading →

Britain must recognise Palestine. It is a step towards upholding the Palestinian right of self-determination – a fundamental right under international law. Most UN member states have already recognised Palestine. Recognition cannot be dependent on negotiations, as the British Government … Continue reading →

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Budget by budget, law by law: from forcing mobile phone companies to expand coverage in the occupied territories to laws that facilitate the transfer of public funds to settlements, Netanyahu’s far-right government is working towards de facto annexation By Tali … Continue reading →

January 2024 Watch Video Listen to Audio/Podcast In conversation with Andrew Whitley, Balfour Project Chair.  From 2010 to November 2018 Charles Bird, OBE, was a Teaching Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University … Continue reading →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKPayr11kFI&t=1s&ab_channel=BBCNews 7 Oct, 2022 The UK government is being urged to make a formal apology for alleged war crimes by British troops in historical Palestine nearly a century ago. The petition, along with 300 pages of evidence, is being brought … Continue reading →

Labour peer and former Middle East minister says Hamas will have to be included in future governance of Gaza Sir Peter Hain is a Patron of the Balfour Project.  Western policy towards Gaza represents collusion in a terrible failure and … Continue reading →

Gaza: Ceasefires Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office UIN 24082, tabled on 29 April 2024 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-29/24082 Question  Rachael Maskell, LabourCommons To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent progress he has made on helping to negotiate a ceasefire in … Continue reading →

Written and Oral Questions and Answers that can be found in Hansard (the Official Report) which is the edited verbatim report of proceedings of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.   Topics Annexation Archaeology COVID-19  Detention … Continue reading →

by British Ambassador Barbara Woodward, at the UN Security Council meeting on Gaza on 29 Dec 2023.   President, let me start with the humanitarian crisis. The 21 Dec IPC [Infection Prevention and Control] report records that more people are … Continue reading →

Published in The Tablet 16 December 2023 issue.  Download Article as PDF Peace in Israel/Palestine will not be reached until each side understands the legitimate rights of the other – and stops interpreting facts to advocate its own story By … Continue reading →

A letter, co-drafted by the Balfour Project and CAABU, to David Cameron and James Cleverly MP. Rt Hon Lord Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development AffairsRt Hon James Cleverly MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department Dear Secretaries … Continue reading →

The Balfour Project podcast Keys: a Troubled Inheritance, tracing the stories of two families, one Jewish and victims of the Nazi genocide, the other Palestinian, uprooted by the Nakba, the Catastrophe of 1948, is written and presented by Michael Joseph, a son … Continue reading →

I draw to your attention this note below sent to all UK Parliamentarians in the SOAS “Influencing the Corridors of Power” series. It seeks to describe what is and is not legally permissible in this war. Further to the analysis … Continue reading →

UN Secretary-General: ‘end this vicious circle of violence’ Israeli actions in Gaza breach international law, says EU’s top diplomat Humanitarian Affairs chief: the laws of war must be upheld    

In its statement of 13 October, the Balfour Project set out its view on war crimes committed by Hamas and by Israel. Nothing can excuse the murder of civilians and the taking of hostages by Hamas. These are war crimes. … Continue reading →

In our statement of 13 October on war crimes in Israel and in Gaza, we mentioned that the Balfour Project charity has submitted evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Ctee inquiry into the UK’s engagement with the Middle East and … Continue reading →

Sir Vincent Fean interviewed on LBC Oct 13 2023

The Balfour Project condemns Hamas’ act of terrorism of 7 October, including heinous murder and the taking of mass hostages in Israel. Securing their safe release must be a top priority. Those responsible for this outrage must be held to … Continue reading →