Our Mission: Acknowledging Britain’s historic and continuing responsibilities to uphold equal rights for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples through popular education and advocacy. To persuade the British Government to recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel.
Advocacy
History
A message to the PM
MPs send No.10 the Balfour Project call for the strict application of international law, including via the ICC, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. More
Featured Articles
Britain and Palestine 1918-23 - Following the Balfour Declaration of 1917, Britain’s involvement in Palestine continued unabated to prepare the country as a Jewish state. Here are several articles covering the following 5 years. More
Britain's Crucial Role
In 1915 Britain offered an Arab state including Palestine. Two years later in 1917 they reneged on this promise and issued the Balfour Declaration. Britain’s Imperial ambitions and other motives and pressures caused it to break other promises including its promise of self-determination to all the peoples of Palestine while enabling the creation of a Jewish homeland. More
The Current Debate
We aim to deliver responsible news and commentary on events and developments in Israel and Palestine, and British and worldwide reaction to them. More
Book Reviews
The centenary of the Balfour Declaration in 2017 sparked an explosion of books, scholarly articles and analyses of its causes and consequences. We review some of the most significant works. More