Britain Palestine Project

Sunday 21 September, Britain Palestine Project trustee Sir Vincent Fean joined Justin McCarthy on RTÉ Radio to discuss the UK’s recognition of the State of Palestine. Recognition is not just symbolic – it must be given meaning through action rooted in international law. Listen back for his insights on Britain’s responsibilities and the urgent need for decisive measures.

In this episode of Palestine Matters , recorded live at the Beyond Borders International Festival in Scotland, host Brian Brivati speaks with two former senior UN officials – Andrew Gilmour and Andrew Whitley – about the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the international community’s response. Andrew Gilmour, former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and current chair of...

Recorded live at the Beyond Borders International Festival in Scotland, this first episode of our Palestine Matters series brings together two highly respected diplomats: Martin Griffiths (former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs) and Sir Vincent Fean (Trustee of the Britain Palestine Project, former British Consul-General in Jerusalem). Hosted by our Executive Director Brian Bri...

In this urgent and powerful episode of the Britain Palestine Project podcast, BPP Chair Andrew Whitley and Trustee Sir Vincent Fean, both with decades of diplomatic and international experience, offer reflections on Britain’s historic and current role in the Israel/Palestine crisis. As the war on Gaza intensifies and settler violence escalates in the West Bank, our speakers explore: • Why this is...

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 Gaza, Theresa delivers a searing and compassionate account of what war does to a child’s mind and body. Teresa explores the catastrophic mental health impact of Israel’s war on Gaz...

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 transformations leading to the current conflict. He identifies three key structural changes in Israeli society: the establishment of an apartheid-...

Dr. Dalal Iriqat; Raji Sourani; Dr. Zahira Jaser (Universityof Sussex); Dr. Victor Kattan (University of Nottingham).

Gaza: Universal Jurisdiction and the Fight Against ImpunityRaji Sourani – Human rights lawyer; Director, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)Justice from Within: Palestinian Agency amid the Shifting Landscape of International SupportDr. Dalal Iriqat – Associate Professor of Diplomacy and Strategic Thinking, Arab American University (Ramallah)Followed by joint Q&A

The Humanitarian Impact of LawlessnessSam Rose – Director of Strategic Planning, UNRWA; Acting Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza, followed by Q&A

Upholding the Rule of LawBaroness Brenda Hale (Former President of the UK Supreme Court) and Baroness Helena Kennedy KC (Human rights lawyer and Member of the House of Lords)Michael Sfard – Israeli human rights lawyer

Opening and Welcome, by Chair Professor Adam SutcliffeContext and Aims of the Conference, by Andrew Whitley, Chair of Trustees, Britain Palestine Projectfollowed byH.E. Dr. Husam Zomlot – Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK

with Tom Swarbrick, 5pm Thursday 20 March 2025

20th February 2025Dr. Lex Takkenberg will spell out 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 of Palestine at ARDD, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development, in Amman. From 1989 until 2019, he worked in various field and headquarters positions with UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian...

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 Jew. Because of that, Miranda became an Ecumenical Accompanier in 2009, spent 3 months in Hebron, and has been back many times since. She is a member of the Holocaust survivor Descendants Network and attends demonstrations under that...

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 Israel. Thair worked for Mossawa – The advocacy centre for Arab citizens in Israel’, “Sikkuy-Aufoq: a shared Jewish and Arab nonprofit organisation that works to advance equality and partnership between the...

Online talk given 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 Bethlehem Bible College and is President of the Board of Holy Land Trust. Jonathan was the head of the Legal Comm...

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 and strategic developments in the Arab-Israeli theatre, the rest with more global matters. For 17 years she contributed a regula...

Sir Vincent Fean on Times Radio on 8 October 2024

Tamara El-Halawani  is a research assistant at the SOAS ICOP project and a recent MSc graduate in International Politics from SOAS University, London. She is currently completing a dissertation on ‘The Erasure of Palestinians on social media.’ Prior to joining ICOP, she worked as a reporter for The Conduit in London and served as a parliamentary staffer for her local constituency in the House of C...

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 and human rights defenders from a range of countries and regions, including Israel/Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, China...

Join us for an exclusive Friends of the Balfour Project meeting, 'Upholding International law - dream or reality?' with international law expert Dr Ardi Imseis and Andrew Whitley (Chair of the Trustees) and Sir Vincent Fean (Trustee). Ardi will speak on the prospects in the two ICJ cases, and on the ICC warrants request. He will then take questions from our Friends. Ardi Imseis Dr. Ardi Im...

  Dr Phyllis Starkey (Vice Chair, Balfour Project ), Chris Doyle (Director, CAABU), Yasmine Ahmed (UK Director, HRW), Nour Odeh, chaired by Sir Vincent Fean (Trustee, Balfour Project), followed by Q&A Closing Statement -Dr Phyllis Starkey   Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.

How young people bring about change—The Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellowship Programme Presentation chaired by Matan Rosenstrauch (Fellowship Programme Coordinator) Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.

Keynote Speaker – The UN, Human Rights and Gaza Dr Agnès Callamard (General Secretary, Amnesty International), followed by Q & A Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.

The Gaza War: A Humanitarian Disaster with Mohammed Ghalayini (Gazan scientist, Amplify Gaza Stories) Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.