Britain Palestine Project

By Diana SafiehNews

Britain Palestine Project episodes

July 30, 2024 Israel and Palestine – A durable peace must be based on human rights & justice
with Kristyan Benedict, Crisis Response Manager for Amnesty International UK
Kristyan Benedict manages Amnesty International UK’s Crisis Response Programme, focusing on armed conflict, mass repression, and UK foreign policy. His work has involved working with and supporting activists and human rights defenders from a range of countries and regions, including Israel/Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, China, and Myanmar. He’s worked on Israel/Palestine at a high level since the early 2000s, with a particular focus on justice and accountability and developing the End Israeli Apartheid Campaign.

58 min
July 17, 2024 Friends of the Balfour Meeting with Dr Ardi Imseis
Join us for an exclusive Friends of the Balfour Project meeting, 'Upholding International law - dream or reality?' with international law expert Dr Ardi Imseis and Andrew Whitley (Chair of the Trustees) and Sir Vincent Fean (Trustee).
Ardi will speak on the prospects in the two ICJ cases, and on the ICC warrants request. He will then take questions from our Friends.
Ardi Imseis
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).
1 hr
June 07, 2024 Conference: What our next Government must do to uphold equal rights

Dr Phyllis Starkey (Vice Chair, Balfour
Project ), Chris Doyle (Director, CAABU), Yasmine Ahmed (UK Director,
HRW), Nour Odeh, chaired by Sir Vincent Fean (Trustee, Balfour Project),
followed by Q&A
Closing Statement -Dr Phyllis Starkey

Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there
conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.
1 hr 11 min
June 07, 2024 Conference: How young people bring about change—The Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellowship Programme Presentation
How young people bring about change—The Balfour
Project Peace Advocacy Fellowship Programme Presentation
chaired by Matan
Rosenstrauch (Fellowship Programme Coordinator)
Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there
conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.
22 min
June 07, 2024 Conference: Keynote Speaker – The UN, Human Rights and Gaza Dr Agnès Callamard from Amnesty International
Keynote Speaker – The UN, Human Rights and Gaza Dr Agnès
Callamard (General Secretary, Amnesty International), followed by Q & A
Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there
conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.
47 min
June 07, 2024 Conference: The Gaza War: A Humanitarian Disaster with Mohammed Ghalayini
The Gaza War: A Humanitarian Disaster with
Mohammed Ghalayini (Gazan scientist, Amplify Gaza Stories)
Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there
conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.
22 min
June 07, 2024 Conference: The challenges ahead: Daniel Levy & Nour Odeh
The challenges ahead
Daniel Levy (President, US/MEP) & Nour Odeh (National Democratic Assembly,
Palestine) & followed by Q&A
Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there
conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.
1 hr 3 min
June 07, 2024 Conference: Welcome from Adam Sutcliffe & Andrew Whitley
Welcome from Adam Sutcliffe (Professor in
European History, King's College London) & Andrew Whitley (Chair, Balfour
Project)
Part of our Peace with Justice – how to get there
conference on 6 June 2024 at Bush House, London.
21 min
May 01, 2024 Getting aid into Gaza with Mr Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA in the OPT
Andrea De Domenico brings more than twenty years of experience in humanitarian assistance and emergency relief both in the field and in headquarters.
Between 1998 and 2005 he has worked in Albania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kosovo and Pakistan with various NGOs managing humanitarian and relief programs and operations in different sectors.
Andrea joined OCHA in 2005 in DRC where he initially worked on planning and then moved to humanitarian financing, managing one of the first common humanitarian funds established by OCHA. In 2011 he joined the Funding Coordination Section in OCHA New York. In 2015 he became the head of the Country Based Pooled Fund Section in OCHA New York consolidating the growth of the humanitarian funds. In 2019 Andrea moved to OCHA oPt Office as deputy and since 2022 he is the Head of the OCHA Office in the oPt.
Andrea has a BA in International Law, an MA in Political Science and an MA in International Relations. He is an Italian national and is married and has three children.
59 min
April 16, 2024 What price the two-state solution? with Sir Vincent Fean
Sir Vincent Fean is a retired member of the British Diplomatic Service (DS) 1975-2014. His last post was as Consul-General, Jerusalem (2010-14). Before Jerusalem, he was Ambassador to Libya, and previously High Commissioner to Malta.
Vincent advocates equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians, and British Government recognition of the state of Palestine alongside Israel on pre-June 1967 lines. He is a Trustee of the Balfour Project.

1 hr 7 min