Update 16th Feb 2024
The Way Forward It’s now clear – and widely accepted by outside observers including the UK, the US and neighbouring Arab states – that the only way lasting peace can emerge from the conflict in…
Category Archives: Newsletters
Update 30 Jan 2024
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on South Africa’s case for genocide A brief summary A link to the ICJ ruling in more detail is here https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-sum-01-00-en.pdf The interim judgement from the ICJ on Friday looked like…
Update 7 Jan 2024
The intensity of Israel’s bombing of Gaza is unprecedented this century. One child is killed every ten mins, and more than 20,000 Palestinians are known to have been killed, with several more thousands missing presumed…
Update 1 Dec 2023
The Liberal Democrats called for an immediate, permanent cease-fire, and although the recent hostage/prisoner releases are being celebrated by families on both sides, the temporary pause will fade from memory as the bombing re-starts.
Update 16 Nov 2023
Little has been said by Israel about what will happen after the fighting ends, and it seems it has no coherent plan. Its leaders appear to be unaware that its punitive actions in Gaza will…
Update 25 Oct 2023
Neither the Prime Minister nor any of the party leaders has demanded an end to the bloodshed with any real conviction, and although individual speeches in both the Commons and the House of Lords have recognised…
Palestine Post no. 31
News from Palestine January 2019 Peace “negotiations” Very little hard information is available, but it is reported that President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner continues to promote a so-called “peace settlement”, in spite of being persona…
Palestine Post 20
No. 20: A special issue on Israel’s interference in Britain’s internal affairs, February 2017 We recently submitted a motion on Palestine to the Party’s Federal Conference Committee (FCC), signed by 76 members, to be debated…
On recognising Palestine: an LDFP legal briefing
Why the British Government should recognise the independent State of Palestine and its Territorial Integrity A Caabu Briefing Paper by John McHugo 1. Introduction 1.1 The Oslo Accords which were intended to lead to peace…