Summary: Britain bears a significant responsibility for the Palestine-Israel conflict but successive governments have chosen to ignore that responsibility while giving strong support to Israel. A distinguished Arabist and retired British diplomat argues that has to change and the first step is to recognise the state of Palestine.
Summary: Britain bears a significant responsibility for the Palestine-Israel conflict but successive governments have chosen to ignore that responsibility while giving strong support to Israel. A distinguished Arabist and retired British diplomat argues that has to change and the first step is to recognise the state of Palestine.
Summary: the death of an elderly Palestinian-American at the hands of the IDF raises yet again the imperative of the fight for justice in Palestine; a transcript of our 31 December podcast with the Conservative MP for Reigate Crispin Blunt who launched the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) in 2021.
Summary: MP Layla Moran calls on the UK to recognise the Palestinian State and to engage robustly with the US, the EU and both sides in the conflict to help secure a fair and democratic solution that ensures a viable Palestine.
Summary: fighting inside Israeli cities raises the spectre of a new intifada or “civil war”; social media giants back Israel while Biden comes under increasing pressure from within his own party to stop the war.
