Britain Palestine Project

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Britain Palestine Project episodes

May 26, 2021 Baroness Brenda Hale on Why the rule of law matters
Day 1 of the Balfour Project's free online conference - Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law.
Welcome with Sir Vincent Fean and Dominic Grieve QC and Baroness Brenda Hale on Why the rule of law matters.
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.
31 min
May 14, 2021 Sir Vincent Fean on Sky News, 14 May 2021
Learn more about the Balfour Project
www.balfourproject.org
6 min
May 12, 2021 Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of Balfour Project, on BBC, 12 May 2021
Listen to our Chair Sir Vincent discuss the escalation of violence in the region.
7 min
May 10, 2021Sir Vincent Fean's Instagram Appeal
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 worrying development, without explanation so far.

One way to register concern is to Report a Problem through your Instagram account.
Below is a suggested form of words, if you decide to do so.

It has come to my attention that Instagram is actively censoring news about the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem. Several Instagram users have noticed that their factual Instagram messages on this subject are recorded as being sent, but do not reach their followers.
Please explain why Instagram is preventing free speech and communication of facts in this way, and stop doing it at once.

Please note, to make a complaint to Instagram in this way, you need to have an Instagram account and be logged into to it.

How to make a complaint on your phone or tablet:
Tap on your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.

Tap in the top right, then tap Settings.

Tap Help, then tap Report a Problem.

Tap Report a Problem again.

Type out your complaint, and tap Submit.
With all good wishes,
Vincent
Sir Vincent Fean
Chair of trustees, Balfour Project
3 min
May 06, 2021 S02 E05 Nadia Hijab on Moving Beyond Statehood Debates and on to How We Get There
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-Chief of the London-based Middle East magazine before serving as at the United Nations in New York. She is a co-founder and former co-chair of the US Campaign for Human Rights and now serves on its advisory board.
53 min
April 29, 2021 S02 E04 John Lyndon – Northern Ireland & Israel/Palestine
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 particular focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the pivotal role civil society can play in any lasting resolution.
A regular contributor and commentator on events in the Middle East, his writing has featured in numerous international publications, and he is a frequent analyst on the BBC, CNN, France 24 and Sky News. A former member of the Under 35 Steering Committee at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, John is also a Visiting Fellow at King’s College London’s Department of Middle Eastern Studies.
1 hr 1 min
March 24, 2021 S02 E03 Rev Dr Munther Isaac - Christian Zionism as Imperial Theology
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 and has published numerous articles on issues related to the theology of the land, Palestinian Christians and Palestinian theology, holistic mission and reconciliation. He is the author of “The Other Side of the Wall”, “From Land to Lands, from Eden to the Renewed Earth”, “An Introduction to Palestinian Theology” (in Arabic), and a commentary on the book of Daniel (in Arabic). He is also involved in many reconciliation and interfaith forums. He is also a Kairos Palestine board member.

Munther originally studied civil engineering in Birzeit University in Palestine. He then obtained a Master in Biblical Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary and then a PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
1 hr 7 min
March 03, 2021 S02 E02 Raja Shehadeh on Britain and Palestine, a family history
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 book Going Home A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation, won the Moore Prize 2020. He lives in Ramallah Palestine.
55 min
January 07, 2021 S02 E01 Ardi Imseis on “Unfinished Business: Why the United Kingdom Must Now Recognise the State of Palestine”
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 capacities with the UN in the Middle East (UNRWA & UNHCR). He has provided expert testimony in his personal capacity before various high-level bodies, including the UN Security Council, and to members of the UK House of Lords and the French Senate. His scholarship has appeared in a wide array of international journals, including the American Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, the Harvard International Law Journal, and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Professor Imseis is former Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law (Brill; 2008-2019), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellow and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Human Rights Fellow, Columbia Law School. He holds a Ph.D. (Cambridge), an LL.M. (Columbia), LL.B. (Dalhousie), and B.A. (Hons.) (Toronto).
1 hr
December 17, 2020 S01 E12 In Conversation with Leila Sansour
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 a producer on Al Jazeera’s leading documentary series “Encounter in Exile” and made several award winning shorts. She holds a masters degree in philosophy and fluently speaks Arabic, English, Russian and French.
She has worked as a consultant on a number of media projects with the UN and IFES and still freelances as a news producer with ITN news in the UK.
1 hr 24 min