Palestine
Peace makers promote peace, not boycotts
The international community should disabuse those Palestinians promoting boycotts of the idea that they can avoid these compromises. By failing to take that stand against the boycott campaign, professor Hawking has done nothing for the cause of peace. If anything, by encouraging behaviour that entrenches the conflict, he has set it back.
What is E-1 and why do the international community care so much?
Seph Brown of the Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu) explains what the E-1 settlement is and why the international community cares so much.
Watch: Optimistic Blair draws on NI lessons for Mid East: “You just don’t give up, because you can’t”
Former PM Tony Blair today sought to draw hope from his success in Northern Ireland as he works to get the Middle East peace process back on track.
Celebrations at Palestine UN vote – but UK abstention attacked as “historic misjudgement”
Yesterday saw the UN vote to make Palestine a ‘non-member observer state’ - a vote the UK abstained from.
Five reasons the UK should back Palestine’s UN bid
Caabu's Seph Brown outlines five reasons why the UK should back Palestine's UN bid for non-member status in the General Assembly today.
Hague: UK will back Palestine UN vote if Abbas ‘re-enters peace talks with Israel’
The UK will back Palestine's bid for non-member status at the United Nations tomorrow if Palestinian leaders agree to re-enter peace talks with Israel.