More than 130 lawyers and legal academics, including 18 king’s counsel (KCs), wrote to the prime minister on 15 September 2026 [1] that the sanctions on Israeli settlements announced on 8 September [2] fall far short of Britain’s obligations under … Continue reading →
In his statement to Parliament on 8 September 2026, UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced that the UK will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, working together with a wider group of countries. Jane Kinninmont, CEO of UNA-UK, said: The … Continue reading →
The following is an extract of an article first published in PassBlue.com by Mona Ali Khalil, an internationally recognized public international lawyer with 25 years of UN and other experience, including as a former senior legal officer in the UN … Continue reading →
On 3 March 2024, former prime minister of Israel Ehud Olmert spoke to Fareed Zakaria on the CNN TV channel about why he thinks current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition presents a “very serious danger to the moral foundations … Continue reading →
The following UN report published in September 2023 by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in occupied Palestinian territory gives a little of the background to the ongoing Israel-Palestine war, although it is just the most recent … Continue reading →
On 1 November 2022 the most right-wing government in Israeli history was elected. Members of the new Israeli coalition government have pledged to accelerate the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank – a practice that negates the possibility … Continue reading →
Wikipedia describes the conflict between Palestine and Israel as “one of the world’s most enduring conflicts” and goes on to explain its history as follows: Following the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, … Continue reading →
Statement by United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings Jerusalem, 5 May 2022 On 4 May 2022, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the petitions against eviction orders of the residents of Masafer Yatta in … Continue reading →
Israel is on track to be the first country in the world to inoculate its entire population against Covid-19 [1]. But while Israel has already vaccinated more than 20 percent of its citizens, including Jewish settlers in the West Bank, … Continue reading →
In an article in the NBC News website, Martin Indyk, former special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations reviewed the history of US attempts to find peace between Israel and Palestine and outlined four steps he considers Biden could take to move … Continue reading →