Balfour Project peers attack Gove Bill

Lord Hain and the Bishop of Southwark, both patrons of the Balfour Project, have spoken out strongly in the House of Lords against the so-called Gove Bill, which aims to stop local authorities and other public bodies disinvesting in Israeli or Israeli settlement concerns for ethical reasons. More

Our Government is wrong, says the Balfour Project

Our Government has suspended future UK funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is by far the most important and effective provider of humanitarian and development assistance to Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the region. More

Evangelicals, the Balfour Declaration and Zionism

As a Pastor in Bethlehem said, the problems the Palestinians face did not start in 1917 they started with English Evangelicals in the 1840s. Anita Shapira comments these evangelical ideas were passed on to Jewish circles. More

UK must fight for UNRWA

The British Government must join the battle to foil Israel's political plot to destroy UNRWA, the aid agency that for 75 years has been the Palestinian refugees' lifeline for food, care and education, says Andrew Whitley, Balfour Project Trustees Chair and a former UNRWA staffer in the Near East and New York HQ. More

The 100 year's war for Palestine started in London

Read the statements of some of the main players from the 19th century, through the promises to the Arabs then Jews and the development of Britain's mandate which ensured there would be no Palestinian state. More

Next Webinar: Resist! Palestinian women and non-violent resistance to occupation

with Rula Salameh, Education and Outreach Director in Palestine for Just Vision. Thurs 21st March 3pm UK time More

Political farce at Westminster

As Palestinians continued to die in their hundreds under ceaseless Israel air strikes, the UK House of Commons indulged itself in an evening of self-inflicted chaos, which buried a Gaza ceasefire motion. More

The Hamas post-war role

Menachem Klein, in Jerusalem, explains why Hamas will have to be part of any realistic plan for peace and an Israeli-Palestinian solution when the war ceases. More