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Former Israeli Ambassador Dr. Alon Liel – Is the failed formal annexation attempt a regional turning point?

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Diana Safieh

Online Live Talk on Wednesday 9th Sep 2020 3:00 PM UK 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 (Non Resident Ambassador … Read more here ➔

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John McHugo on Why Britain has a Special Responsibility to the Palestinian People Today

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Diana Safieh

A talk given online on 30th June 2020. John McHugo is a trustee of the Balfour Project and a board member of CAABU, The Council for Arab British Understanding. This paper is the edited text of a Balfour Project talk … Read more here ➔

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Evaluating the Balfour Declaration: Breaking the Deadlock in the Middle East

Posted on August 3, 2020 by admin

On Saturday May 18th 2013, the Balfour Project held a one day conference at The Stripe, University of Winchester exploring the different legacies of the Balfour Declaration and how a greater understanding of history can contribute to justice and peace … Read more here ➔

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Tim Llewellyn on The Crafting of the News: the British media and the Israel-Palestine Question

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Diana Safieh

A talk given online on 13th August 2020. Tim Llewellyn was the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent in Beirut and later Nicosia between 1976 and 1980 and 1987 and 1992. Thereafter he wrote and broadcast as a freelancer for the BBC … Read more here ➔

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Toppling Balfour, a talk by Sarah Helm

Posted on July 23, 2020 by

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 … Read more here ➔

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Navigating Isolation Through Music – A PalMusic Online Event with Sir Vincent Fean – 26th July 2020

Posted on July 17, 2020 by
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Andrew Whitley on The UN, Britain and Palestine/Israel – 1947 to Present Day

Posted on July 6, 2020 by

A talk given online on 5th June 2020. 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 … Read more here ➔

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Vincent Fean on Illegal Settlements and UNRWA

Posted on May 1, 2020 by

Q&A Session with Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of the Balfour Project Vincent Fean: It’s a pleasure to be with you. I think it’s important for us to address questions raised by participants at the 2 April talk. We will try … Read more here ➔

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Screening with Q&A – Britain in Palestine: 1917-1948

Posted on April 28, 2020 by admin

3pm UK time, Thursday 7th May 2020 Click here to register. 

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Palestine/Israel: Britain’s role, then and now

Posted on April 3, 2020 by admin

Online talk by Sir Vincent Fean, Balfour Project, 2 April 2020 Read the transcript below: Vincent: A welcome to all. Thank you all for joining the Balfour Project today. I think it’s important to have this discussion to keep the … Read more here ➔

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Tragedy in Gaza: Britain’s legacy Scotland’s role

Posted on September 2, 2019 by admin

Conference Edinburgh March 2019 Gaza, under Israeli military occupation since 1967, is home to two million Palestinians. Most are there because in 1948, when Britain abandoned its Mandate for Palestine, Gaza gave refuge to Palestinians forced to flee from the … Read more here ➔

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‘The news from Gaza: dispelling myths and telling the truth’

Posted on March 26, 2019 by admin

The Glasgow Balfour Project event. March 14, 2019. ( Held at the Sir Charles Wilson Building, Glasgow University, 7.30pm-9.30pm Thursday March 14, 2019) Hala Safadi, a film-maker from Gaza, made the essential point: “The truth is always censored for the … Read more here ➔

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Conferences in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Posted on February 8, 2019 by admin

 March 14th and 17th 2019 On March 14th at  300 people at Glasgow University heard former British and Israeli diplomats and distinguished journalists speak on ‘The news from Gaza: dispelling myths and telling the truth’.  The following Sunday at Edinburgh University … Read more here ➔

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Britain Palestine Israel – 70 years on

Posted on March 21, 2018 by admin

Donate A  20-page booklet is now available containing the speeches at the conference of the Balfour Project in partnership with King’s College London (see below). The booklet also includes the Balfour Centenary Declaration, which has now been signed by 141 … Read more here ➔

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Mahatma Gandhi and the Wounds of History: Palestine, India and the British Empire in the 20th century

Posted on March 2, 2017 by admin

Professor Rajmohan Gandhi,   Committee Room 14,  in the House of Commons, London,  18th April 2017 The British Parliament does not often hear an Asian perspective on the Middle East. The very term ‘Middle East’ is Europe-centred; in India the region … Read more here ➔

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Reclaiming the lost Jewish voices of the Balfour Declaration, by Robert Cohen

Posted on November 9, 2016 by admin

This article was part of Robert Cohen’s talk  at the Balfour Project conference,’How will we mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration’ in Southwark Cathedral on November 5th 2016:   A leading British Rabbi has written: “Zionism and Zionistic activities not … Read more here ➔

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Balfour Declaration Centenary, 2017: towards constructive commemoration

Posted on October 16, 2016 by admin

‘I never knew that ……’ Liverpool Hope University 1st October 2016. The use of round tables in the Eden Arbour Room at Liverpool Hope University facilitated a welcome and a warmth to the buzz of conversation as participants in the … Read more here ➔

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‘Britain in Palestine’ shown in UK Parliament

Posted on May 27, 2016 by admin

Parliamentarians from all four of Britain’s main political parties sponsored a showing of ‘Britain in Palestine, 1917-1948’ in The Attlee Suite – one of the main conference suites in the British Parliament. The audience of 130 watched the documentary, which … Read more here ➔

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Britain made the mess and should help sort it out

Posted on February 19, 2016 by admin

Scores of people squeezed into Sarum College, Salisbury, to hear from experts on the Balfour Declaration of 1917 which gave British support to a home for Jews in historical Palestine. The Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling said the declaration was the … Read more here ➔

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Britain and Palestine: past history & future role

Posted on November 29, 2015 by admin

‘Britain and Palestine: past history & future role’ Held at St Chad’s College Durham 31st October 2015 Summary Report Seventy people from places as far apart as Omagh, Norwich, Somerset, Inverness, Salisbury and Edinburgh, spent Saturday 31st October in Durham … Read more here ➔

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Talk by Sir Vincent Fean, recently retired UK Consul General in Jerusalem, at the Balfour Project annual conference

Posted on November 27, 2015 by admin

St Chad’s College, Durham University, 31 October 2015 ‘I believe there is a constructive role for the UK in bringing about a just peace. It is good to look back in order to look forward. The Balfour Declaration helped bring … Read more here ➔

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Thatcham Festival, The role of Britain in Palestine?

Posted on October 20, 2015 by admin

What has been the historic role of Britain that has led to the present day tragic situation in Israel/Palestine? This was the theme engaged with by a very mixed group of over seventy people as part of the Thatcham Festival. … Read more here ➔

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‘Britain should be more active in helping resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict’

Posted on January 27, 2015 by admin

Commemorating the 97th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration Report of Balfour Project conference, Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 in St John’s College, Oxford, Oct 30th 2014. A common theme from speakers at the Balfour Project’s annual event was that Britain’s history … Read more here ➔

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“Are we trapped by our own narratives?” by Tony Klug

Posted on August 19, 2014 by admin

Tony Klug, speaking at the Balfour Project conference in October 2013 spoke stirringly to the question “Are we trapped by our own narratives?” He began by demonstrating that everyone becomes a player in this seemingly intractable conflict, where what passes … Read more here ➔

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Healing the Wounds of History: Looking at the Balfour Declaration with New Eyes

Posted on December 6, 2013 by admin

Second annual Balfour Project conference to mark the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration October 30th 2013

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Evaluating the Balfour Declaration: Breaking the Deadlock in the Middle East

Posted on July 9, 2013 by admin

A one day conference exploring the different legacies of the Balfour Declaration and how a greater understanding of history can contribute to justice and peace in the Middle East today was held in Winchester University on May 18th 2013. Over … Read more here ➔

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Britain in Palestine, Broken Promises

Posted on November 4, 2012 by admin

Broken promises: Britain in Palestine A one-day conference on the British responsibility for conflict between Israelis and Palestinians took place at the Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh on Friday 2nd November. A full house included people of Christian, Muslim and … Read more here ➔

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