Britain Palestine Project

Matthew Hughes is Chair in military history at Brunel University London. His most recent book  Britain’s Pacification of Palestine: the British Army, the Colonial State and the Arab Revolt, 1936-39   came out with Cambridge University Press in 2019. He is currently working on a project examining British military force on Borneo at the end of empire, 1962-66.

Ray Dolphin worked in the West Bank and Gaza for over 30 years, most recently for the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), where he was Senior Analyst. In addition to numerous UN reports, his book ‘The West Bank Wall: Unmaking Palestine’ was published by Pluto Books in 2006 and he collaborated with Magnum photographer Joseph Koudelka for the photo-book, ‘Wall’, publishe...

Author Raja Shehadi in conversation with journalist Tim Llewellyn about his new book We Could Have Been Friends my Father and I    Raja Shehadeh is a lawyer and writer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile Books including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, as well as...

Please join us for a 45 minute recording of our webinar with Layla Moran MP. Layla, our chair Andrew Whitley and trustee John McHugo will launch the Balfour Project booklet recording our 2022 conference “Abandoning Palestine: the end of the British Mandate and our continuing responsibility”. The booklet is available to download here . If you would like a hard copy posted to you, we would appreciat...

Omar Karmi, a Palestinian-British journalist, and Tamir Sorek, an expert on football in Palestine-Israel, discuss the Palestinian phenomenon at the 2022 World Cup, the reactions worldwide, and the game and players in Israel-Palestine.

The world turns to Bethlehem during Christmas, but they have a fairytale image of the little town. However, this is a real community with real challenges. This webinar gives an insight into the reality and challenges of Palestinians and Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land.   Revd Dr Munther Isaac is a Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian. He now pastors the Evangelical Lutheran Chr...

All views and resources are those of the Fellows and speakers alone and not necessarily representative of the Balfour Project.

Palestinian author and journalist Dr. Ramzy Baroud discusses the reasons behind Israel’s lack of accountability to international law. While many countries, especially in the Global South, are held accountable to United Nations resolutions and to international humanitarian laws, Israel remains untouched. The role of the UK, past and present. What will it take for the Palestinians to achieve justice...

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 in Scotland, having founded the Scottish Israeli Cultural Association – a non-political non-religious initiative for Israelis living i...

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 international strategy to replace failed peace negotiations, based on a vision of the endgame and the principle of equality. In a co-authored article, they proposed that, after half a century, Israel should be required to choose betw...

Please join us for the first in a series of three webinars hosted by some of our Peace Advocacy Fellows. This first webinar on Palestinian Architecture is hosted by Amber Khan, who is studying Law, Business & Management MSc and Legal Practice Course at the University of Law. She will be joined by Danna Masad - Architect and co-founder at Shamsard Design Studio Khaldun Bshara - Architect, resto...

This was a three-hour FREE workshop being hosted by the Balfour Project on the morning of Saturday 25 June. The workshop was primarily for secondary school history teachers but anyone interested in the teaching of Palestine – Israel is very welcome to join us. The sessions will include short presentations, discussions and Q & As. Our objective is to persuade more schools to teach about Israel...

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 home. Enter your postcode and see the letter – send it to your MP in  one click ! Becca Strober is a former soldier originally from Philadelphia. She is t...

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.

Visit www.balfourproject.org/abandoningpalestine to see all audio and visual recordings, as well as the conference guidebook.