CONFERENCE RECORDINGS: Recognition is the beginning
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BOOK REVIEW: the story of the Bund, the mass Jewish movement that fought against Zionism
Mike Joseph, who lost close family in the Holocaust, reviews Molly Crabapple’s moving, tragic, revealing yet often wry and humorous story of the Bund, the 20th Century Jewish labour movement that outnumbered Zionists, rejected and battled Zionism, and fought–in the end a losing battle–to stay organised and at home in Europe and among fellow Europeans.
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Events and podcasts
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WEBINAR: Witnessing the Occupation – life in the West Bank
Tim Livesey and Julia Race, Tuesday 19th May 2026 at 3pm UK time
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News and commentary
Countering Israel’s life by the sword
Sir Vincent Fean, BPP trustee and former chair, argues that Israel’s unlawful war of choice against Iran, and its continued destructive military occupation of and assaults on Gaza and the West Bank, mean Britain must take concrete action to protect the State of Palestine it recognised last autumn.
The ‘creeping Israeli annexation’ of Palestine
An important reportby the PA/PLO spells out the various and accelerating Israeli schemes to effectively annexe the occupied Palestinian territory, and the increasing role in West Bank governance of Israel’s settlement-driven administration.
New Israeli forts along Gaza’s Yellow Line
Elevated forts have appeared all along Israel’s so-called Yellow Line, dividing Gaza north to south, pushing the Palestinians into ever-decreasing zones, As Forensic Architecture reports, in Drop Site News, from these positions Israel’s army can spy on and fire down on the Palestinian sector.
UNRWA’s daring rescue of Palestine refugee records from Israel
A Guardian report details how the UN Palestine refugee agency smuggled vital Nakba and other historical Palestinian records and personal documents out of besieged Gaza and Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, avoiding their seizure by the Israeli authorities.
Netanyahu’s security plan in tatters
Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman finds that events—Iran’s survival, Hezbollah’s defiance, the soured relationship with Trump, and Hamas still in place—have made a nonsense of Netanyahu’s vision for Israel’s security.
The sword and the neck
Are the Palestinians for ever to be victims of Israeli hegemony? BPP Executive Director Brian Brivati examines recent works by two Jewish intellectuals and finds that an Israeli-type ‘manifest destiny’ is unlikely to be replaced by liberal democracy.
No weaponisation of antisemitism
Israeli-British analyst Daniel Levy says let us not play fast and loose with what is and is not antisemitism. There are many streams of thinking in the Jewish community, and Jewish safety must not come at the cost of violating civil liberties.
History
The second ‘Nakba’ of 1967
The details of how Israel’s armed forces terrorised and expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza during and after the 1967 war, and crushed and near-emptied the Golan Heights of its Syrian population. The settlement programme began almost immediately.
The Mandate: Imperial governance disguised as a legal framework
Tawfiq al-Ghussein examines the principles and procedures of the British Mandate for Palestine: were they intended to constrain imperial power, or reinforce it?
How the first High Commissioner rigged Palestine for the Zionists
Herbert Samuel, Britain’s first – and Zionist – High Commissioner in Palestine, was able to deploy the contradictions and vagaries of the Balfour Declaration to the eternal advantage of the Zionists, right from the start.
Videos
Britain in Palestine 1917–1948
We investigate the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. This is essential viewing for understanding Britain’s legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today.
From the Nakba to Camp David
Our second BPP film traces the calamitous history of the Palestinian people from the Zionists’ eviction of them from their homeland between 1947 and 1949, through the 1967 Israeli invasion and occupation of the remaining Palestinian lands in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank in 1967, and to the betrayal of the Palestinian case and cause in the Camp David agreement of 1979 when Egypt made a separate peace with Israel, brokered by the United States.
Origins of the Israel-Palestine conflict
The Balfour Declaration was published on 2 November 1917. It stated the intent of the British government to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. William Dalrymple (historian and BPP patron) and Anita Anand (historian) are joined by Tom Segev (Israeli historian and writer) to discuss the declaration and the ensuing British mandate for Palestine.
Campaigns and fundraising
Email your MP: ban UK trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Illegal settlements are a war crime. UK trade with them must stop. Use our template to urge your MP to support a full ban on UK trade, services and investment linked to illegal Israeli settlements – and to uphold international law.
Stop Trade with Settlements – Campaign Launch
The Britain Palestine Project is proud to support the launch of the international campaign to ban trade with Israel’s illegal settlements, backed by a new report: Trading with Illegal Settlements.
Palestine: UK must act against genocide and settlements following recognition
Recognition is a vital first step, but it must be given real meaning through action. Britain’s historic responsibilities, and its obligations as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, require more than symbolic gestures.
Britain owes Palestine – a lot
Our Chair’s response to 14 Palestinians who have filed a legal petition demanding the British Government account for systematic violations of international law during its occupation of Palestine (1917–48). The Britain Palestine Project urges the Government to meet its historic responsibilities.
Recognition Is the Beginning merch
Our new ‘Recognition Is the Beginning’ merch collection celebrates this moment while calling for meaningful change. Every item helps amplify the message that recognition must lead to real progress.
Reviews
Britain’s cruel crushing of the Arab Revolt
John Bond and Ian Wellens review Palestine 36, the moving and revealing feature film that shows how British forces used murderous methods to end the Palestinian Arab uprising of 1936–39. Those methods are still in use today, by Israel, in all the occupied Palestinian territory.
Palestine at war
A young English woman reporter tells the personal stories of Arabs, Jews and Britons during wartime under the British Mandate, and describes the terror that tore the country apart as Zionist forces prevailed. Yet, she maintained hope for compromise. Review by Tim Llewellyn.
A Historian in Gaza by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Jean-Pierre Filiu is a French historian and author of Gaza: A History. He had visited Gaza many times before 7 Oct 2023, yet he writes: “Nothing had prepared me for what I saw and experienced in Gaza between 19 Dec 2024 and 21 Jan 2025.” Review by Mike Scott-Baumann.
Beware the mattress
An Israeli author reveals how European security agencies clubbed together to help Mossad’s assassination squads hunt down and kill Palestinian suspects.