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Listen to our Chair Sir Vincent discuss the escalation of violence in the region.

I have received reports that some Instagram users in Jerusalem are facing censorship, presumably by Instagram itself, which is owned by Facebook. Palestinians have reported that recently, when they write Instagram messages about the wave of evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, their messages are recorded as having been sent – but do not reach their followers on Instagram. This is a...

Nadia Hijab is co-founder and President of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, the transnational Palestinian think tank. She is a writer, public speaker and media commentator. Her first book, Womanpower: The Arab debate on women at work was published by Cambridge University Press and she co-authored Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel (I. B. Tauris). She was Editor-in-Chie...

Northern Ireland & Israel/Palestine: what two differing paradigms can teach us about conflict resolution John Lyndon is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), the largest network of peacebuilding NGOs in Israel/Palestine. He brings with him over a decade of experience leading NGOs concerned with conflict resolution and international development, with a particula...

Munther Isaac is a Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian. He now pastors the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. He is also the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College, and is the director of the highly acclaimed and influential Christ at the Checkpoint conferences. Munther is passionate about issues related to the Palestinian theology. He speaks locally and internationally...

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 Strangers in the House; Occupation Diaries; Language of War, Language of Peace; A Rift in time; Where the Line is Drawn and his most recent b...

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 Rights Council commission of inquiry mandated to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in the civil war in Yemen. Between 2002 and 2014, he served in senior legal and policy capacitie...

Leila Sansour is a Palestinian/British filmmaker with more than 24 years of experience working in television as a producer, director and writer. She is best known for her two feature documentaries released across cinemas in the UK and internationally to a high critical acclaim- “Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army” 2003 and “Open Bethlehem” 2014. Before moving into independent films, Leila worked as...

Balfour Project Chair, Sir Vincent Fean, will be giving his impressions on how the US election results will affect the situation in Palestine/Israel. Sir Vincent Fean is member of the British Diplomatic Service (DS) 1975-2014, his last post was as Consul-General, Jerusalem (2010-14), responsible locally for British Government relations with the Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories...

Closing Remarks and Statement HE Khaled Al-Duwaisan -Kuwaiti Ambassador to the UK Sir Vincent Fean

Jerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020 Session VI: Questions and Answers Moderated by Ian Black Panellists: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Daniel Seidemann, Daniel Levy, Rula Salameh, Sir Vincent Fean

Jerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020 Session V: Britain’s Role in the Coming Years Chair: Sir Vincent Fean Keynote Speaker: Rt Hon Alistair Burt Panellists: Julie Elliott MP (Labour), Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP), Rt Hon Baroness Lindsay Northover (LibDem)

Jerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020 Session IV: Contemporary Realities and Plans to Share the City Chair: Dr Imad Karam (BP Trustee) Keynote Speaker: Daniel Levy Panellists: Ariel Caine, Rula Salameh, Yudith Oppenheimer

Jerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020 Session III: Religion and Holy Sites Chair: Bishop Michael Doe (BP Executive Committee) Keynote Speaker: Daniel Seidemann Panellists: Imam Monawar Hussain, Bishop Christopher Chessun, Rabbi Jeremy Gordon

Jerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020 Session II: International Law and Human Rights Chair: John McHugo (BP Trustee) Keynote Speaker: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Panellists: Iain Scobbie, Daniel Seidemann & Victor Kattan

Jerusalem: from Past Divisions to a Shared Future? - Online Conference 27 October 2020 Introduction Welcome: Sir Vincent Fean (BP Chair of Trustees) Video Message from HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan Session I: History Chair: Andrew Whitley (BP Trustee) Keynote Speaker: Avi Shlaim Panellists:Menachem Klein, Mick Dumper, Salim Tamari

From the early days of Zionist settlement in Ottoman Palestine it was clear that the project faced opposition from the native Arab majority. Hostility escalated with the start of British rule and the violence that engendered. Zionist leaders like David Ben-Gurion admitted privately that a national confrontation was under way but official public messaging was that Arabs would benefit from the Jewis...

If you found this interesting, please consider donating to our work. https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/balfour-project Former Israeli diplomat who served as: *Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and of the Ministry of Economy and Planning. *Ambassador of Israel to South Africa 1992-1994 (Non Resident Ambassador to Mozambique and Zimbabwe) *Consul General of Israel to Sou...

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Sarah Helm, former Middle East correspondent for The Independent, asks how far the roots of today’s tragedy in Palestine and Israel lie in the arrogance and racism of British imperialism. Could Balfour’s experiment - at any point during the British mandate - have been reversed? Please consider a donation to the Balfour Project . Click here for transcript and video recording. 

Andrew Whitley is founder and executive director of Geo-Political Advisory Services (GPAS), a UK-based consultancy that works on the alleviation of armed conflict in the Middle East and Asia. He was previously Policy Director and interim Chief Executive of The Elders, the organisation of global figures founded by Nelson Mandela. Before joining The Elders in London, in January 2011, Andrew worked f...

John McHugo is a trustee of the Balfour Project and a board member of CAABU, the Council for Arab British Understanding. He has an academic background in both International Law and Islamic studies. He is the author of three books on the history of the Middle East. In reverse order of publication, these are  A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi’is ,  Syria: A Recent History , and...

Welcome to the Balfour Project podcast.  Today we are very glad to have Vincent Fean, who is the chair of the Balfour Project. He will be speaking on the topics of the illegal settlements and UNRWA. Click here to read full transcript. References mentioned in podcast episode: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel ; Meet the Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellows ; Balfour...

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