All Episodes

From The Nakba to Camp David

Israel: What Went Wrong? with Omer Bartov

Life in Hebron: Urban Reality in a Complex Context with the Deputy Mayor of Hebron

The case for an Israeli-Palestinian Confederation: a two-state solution in a one-state reality with Professor Yossi Mekelberg

Britain Recognised Palestine. Now What? (Live at Manchester Punk Festival)

Lives in the Balance: Medical Evacuations from the Gaza Strip

The Declining Christian presence in the Holy Land with Miranda Pinch

BPP Situation Report Episode 1 — The State of Gaza, the West Bank and Britain’s Role

Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza with Professor Peter Beinart

International Law in Crisis: Episode 13 - Britain Owes Palestine

Faith-based activism in response to extremist settler violence in the West Bank

International Law in Crisis: Episode 12 - Sovereignty Under Siege: Examining the US Use of Force Against Venezuela

Recognition was the beginning: BPP review of 2025 and preview of 2026

Policy Working Group: Israelis seeking two-state solution through international engagement with Susie Becher

In conversation with Humza Yousaf, former First Minister of Scotland

International Law in Crisis: Episode 11 - UNSC Resolution 2803 with Dr Brian Brivati

International Law in Crisis: Episode 10 - Medicine Under Siege with Dr Philippa Whitford

International Law in Crisis: Episode 9 - The ICJ Advisory Opinion

6 Palestine Matters Podcast – Does Diplomacy Matter in the Age of Realpolitik?

5 Palestine Matters Podcast – Britain’s Legacy in Palestine

When does political speech about Palestine and Israel cross the line into antisemitism?

International Law in Crisis: Episode 8 - Recognition

Sir Vincent Fean on Times Radio: Why UK Recognition of Palestine Must Have Meaning

04 Palestine Matters Podcast – Why Recognition of Palestine Matters

03 Palestine Matters Podcast – Memories of and the Importance of Jerusalem

Sir Vincent Fean on RTÉ: Why UK Recognition of Palestine Must Have Meaning

2 Palestine Matters – The New York Declaration

1 Palestine Matters – Britain’s Role at the UN General Assembly

International Law in Crisis: Episode 7 - What happened during recess?

International Law in Crisis: Episode 6 - The UK government is failing Palestine (Part 2)

Palestine/Israel: challenging the British Government with Andrew Whitley and Sir Vincent Fean

International Law in Crisis: Episode 5 - The UK government is failing Palestine (Part 1)

Mental Health in Gaza: a war on babies, children and families with Teresa Bailey

International Law in Crisis: Episode 4 - Decolonisation and going viral

How Israeli society became radicalised? Professor Menachem Klein discusses why normal Israelis came to support the Gaza war crimes

Rule of Law Conference: What Can Britain Do? Upholding the Rule of Law and Advancing a Just Peace

Rule of Law Conference: Raji Sourani & Dr Dalal Iriqat on the Fight against Impunity & Palestinian Agency

Rule of Law Conference: The Humanitarian Impact of Lawlessness wish Sam Rose, Acting Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza

Rule of Law Conference: Upholding the Rule of Law with Baroness Brenda Hale, Baroness Helena Kennedy KC & Michael Sfard

Rule of Law Conference: Opening with Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot

International Law in Crisis: Episode 3 - Occupation, the root cause

International Law in Crisis: Episode 2 - The Crime of Apartheid

International Law in Crisis: Episode 1 - Global 195 and the Theory of Change

International Law in Crisis? An Introduction

Sir Vincent Fean on LBC Radio

UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees at a Crossroads with Dr Lex Takkenberg

'Hope is a Radical Act': Reflections on my travels in the occupied territory of Palestine with Miranda Pinch

The Palestinians of Israel: the historical development from 1948 to present with Thair Abu-Ras

The role of non-violent resistance for Palestinians in the light of the Gaza war with Jonathan Kuttab

Understanding Hamas: Palestinian resistance from the PLO onwards with Helena Cobban

Sir Vincent Fean on Times Radio on 8 October 2024

How to prevent the erasure of Palestinians with Tamara El-Halawani & Dr Zahira Jaser

Israel and Palestine – A durable peace must be based on human rights & justice

Friends of the Balfour Meeting with Dr Ardi Imseis

Conference: What our next Government must do to uphold equal rights

Conference: How young people bring about change—The Balfour Project Peace Advocacy Fellowship Programme Presentation

Conference: Keynote Speaker – The UN, Human Rights and Gaza Dr Agnès Callamard from Amnesty International

Conference: The Gaza War: A Humanitarian Disaster with Mohammed Ghalayini

Conference: The challenges ahead: Daniel Levy & Nour Odeh

Conference: Welcome from Adam Sutcliffe & Andrew Whitley

Getting aid into Gaza with Mr Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA in the OPT

What price the two-state solution? with Sir Vincent Fean

Resist! Palestinian women and non-violent resistance to occupation with Rula Salameh

How to turn the tragedy into a strategic opportunity with Nadav Tamir, Executive Director of J Street Israel

Injustice to the defenceless: the plight of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention

Destruction of Gaza’s health system: need to restore hope with Dr Nick Maynard

Post Conflict Gaza; Construction or Reconstruction with Charlie Bird OBE

Jerusalem and Gaza: Taking Stock with Daniel Seidemann

West Bank focus: lockdown, settler violence and forced displacement in Masafer Yatta

Arab-Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In Conversation: Avi Shlaim and Nic Pelham

The politics of water in Israel-Palestine: a discussion with James Fergusson

Dr Ralph Wilde Webinar: How Britain broke international law to stop Palestinian independence

Launch of the KEYS: A Troubled Inheritance Podcast with Mike Joseph

Closing Statement— Balfour PRoject chair, Andrew Whitley

Parliamentary Panel chaired by Sir Vincent Fean, Balfour Project Vice-Chair, with Flick Drummond (Conservatives), Bambos Charalambous (Labour), Dr Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party)

Panel Discussion followed by Q&A chaired by Dr Phyllis Starkey, Balfour Project Trustee, with Francesca Albanese, Shawan Jabarin, Melanie Ward and Suhad Bishara, Adalah

Realities on the Ground

Keynote Speech followed by Q&A—Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories

Welcome - Andrew Whitley, Balfour Project Chair & Introduction to Conference—Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

Richard Falk, John Dugard and Michael Lynk - The United Nations and Palestine: Stranded Between Promise and Performance

Matthew Teller - Jerusalem and the British: 200 turbulent years

In conversation with Ambassador (rtd.) Ilan Baruch and Ashraf Al-Ajrami

British Pacification in Mandate Palestine, 1936-39 - Matthew Hughes

Palestine: overview of 2022 and prospects for this year – Ray Dolphin

Chronicler of Palestine - Raja Shehadeh & Tim Llewellyn

Launch “Abandoning Palestine” conference booklet with Layla Moran MP

Palestine's World Cup triumph with Omar Karmi and Tamir Sorek

Palestinian Christians, Reality, Challenges and Prospects – Revd Dr Munther Isaac

Culture x Conflict: Palestinian Cuisine as Anticolonial Resistance

On Impunity and Exceptionalism: Will Israel Be Held Accountable to International Law? - Dr Ramzy Baroud

Five elections in three years, is Israel moving backwards or forward? with Yachad's Danielle Bett

A Palestinian state now or equal rights until there is a solution by Sam Bahour & Dr Tony Klug

Culture x Conflict: 100 years of Palestinian Architecture

Education Workshop: Israel-Palestine in secondary schools & having the confidence to teach it

Urgent: halt evictions in Masafer Yatta with Breaking the Silence’s Becca Strober and Balfour Project's Matan Rosenstrauch

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Balfour Project conference statement - Dr Phyllis Starkey

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Parliamentary Panel – Julie Elliott MP, Rt Hon David Jones MP, Layla Moran MP, Tommy Sheppard MP

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: My family and Jerusalem - Layla Moran MP

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Palestinian Panel, chaired by Dr Imad Karam, with Leila Sansour, Adam Abdalla, Atef Alshaer and Victor Kattan

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Britain in a post-imperial world—Rory Stewart

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Welcome to Day 2 by chair Dr Phyllis Starkey, Victor Kattan introducing the talk of Professor Michael Lynk

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Close of Day 1 with chair Sir Vincent Fean

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: The legal vacuum Britain created - John McHugo

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Photographing the Nakba - Roger Hardy

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: From Balfour to Bevin - Britain's betrayal of Palestine - Professor Avi Shlaim

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: British Police and Security in Palestine - Lord Cope

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Farewell to Palestine: a personal experience of the Nakba—Dr Ghada Karmi

Abandoning Palestine Online Conference: Welcome by Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of Day 1 and Keynote Speaker Dr Hanan Ashrawi

Defenceless: Palestinian children in Israeli military detention

People live here: the 918 firing zone and threat of expulsion with local activist Ali Awad and Breaking the Silence's Becca Strober

Abbas Milhem on Palestinian agriculture under occupation

Bashir Bashir on Equal Rights for All in Palestine/Israel

Dr Susan Power & Rula Jamal LLM from Al Haq – Under Threat: Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Face Effects of Designations

Conversation with Director Dror Moreh about “The Gatekeepers”.

Rohan Talbot & Wafa Dakwar from MAP- The plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

Launch of Israel/Palestine: In Search of the Rule of Law Conference Souvenir Brochure

Gideon Levy & Sarah Helm: Israel/Palestine - telling it like it is

Q&A with director Farah Nabulsi

Jonathan Kuttab on Defending Palestinian human rights: what role for the U.K.?

Hannah Weisfeld of Yachad on Ending the Occupation for the good of all

Sir Vincent Fean on Palestine/Israel: Britain’s role, then and now

Tinderbox Q&A with Gillian Mosely, Robert Cohen and Tim Llewellyn

Sophie Bridger on Education Under Occupation - Eyewitness Testimony from the West Bank

Eugene Rogan - Neither Pro-Zionist nor Pro-Arab but Pro-Empire: A Re-assessment of British Policy in the Palestine Mandate

Case Studies on Gaza, Settlements, Palestinian children in Israeli military detention and Accountability

International Law: indispensable in the search for a just Middle East peace – Prof Michael Lynk

Parliamentary Panel: Jack Straw, Wayne David MP, Layla Moran MP, Joanna Cherry QC MP, moderated by Lord Alderdice

Can international law prevail in Israel/Palestine? The role of the UK – Rt Hon Jack Straw

Andrew Whitley reads the Balfour Project statement

Rights-based approach – Zaha Hassan & The dual legal system in the OPT – Michael Sfard

Israel/Palestine: recent developments at the ICJ and ICC – Philippe Sands QC

Baroness Brenda Hale on Why the rule of law matters

Sir Vincent Fean on Sky News, 14 May 2021

Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of Balfour Project, on BBC, 12 May 2021

Sir Vincent Fean's Instagram Appeal

S02 E05 Nadia Hijab on Moving Beyond Statehood Debates and on to How We Get There

S02 E04 John Lyndon – Northern Ireland & Israel/Palestine

S02 E03 Rev Dr Munther Isaac - Christian Zionism as Imperial Theology

S02 E02 Raja Shehadeh on Britain and Palestine, a family history

S02 E01 Ardi Imseis on “Unfinished Business: Why the United Kingdom Must Now Recognise the State of Palestine”

S01 E12 In Conversation with Leila Sansour

S01 E11 Sir Vincent Fean - How may the US Presidential Elections Affect the Israel/Palestine Conflict?

Conference on Jerusalem - Closing Remarks and Statement

Conference on Jerusalem - Session VI: Questions and Answers

Conference on Jerusalem - Session V: Britain’s Role in the Coming Years

Conference on Jerusalem - Session IV: Contemporary Realities and Plans to Share the City

Conference on Jerusalem - Session III: Religion and Holy Sites

Conference on Jerusalem - Session II: International Law and Human Rights

Conference on Jerusalem - Introduction & Session I: History

S01 E10 Ian Black on Unseen question? Zionism and the Palestinians under the British Mandate

S01 E09 Former Israeli Ambassador Dr. Alon Liel - Is the failed formal annexation attempt a regional turning point?

S01 E08 Tim Llewellyn on The Crafting of the News: the British media and the Israel-Palestine Question

S01 E07 Toppling Balfour, a talk by Sarah Helm

S01E06 Andrew Whitley on The UN, Britain and Palestine/Israel - 1947 to Present Day

S01 E05: John McHugo on A Fresh Look at the Palestine Mandate and Britain’s Historic Responsibilities

S01E04 Vincent Fean on Settlements and UNRWA

S01E03 Vincent Fean on the ICC, Trade Agreements and Umbrella Organisations

S01E02 Vincent Fean on Israeli Annexation and International Law

S01E01 Vincent Fean on Annexation, International Law and Recognition

Bonus: Sir Vincent Fean on Palestine/Israel -Britain's role, then & now