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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Jan 28

📢📢 NEW REPORT: We lay bare the extent of the UK’s military involvement in the Israeli assault on Gaza – a campaign of violence that, exactly one year ago, led the the International Court of Justice to warn of genocide.

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British Military Collaboration Report — British Palestinian Committee

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Jul 29

“Condemnatory statements, limited sanctions, and symbolic recognitions will not end the genocide and must not be used to deflect from accountability.” Our letter to Keir Starmer ahead of today’s emergency Cabinet meeting on Gaza.

Read full letter here: britpalcommittee.co.uk/lettertothepm

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Jul 29

British Palestinians have called on Sir Keir Starmer to take "immediate, concrete" steps on Gaza instead of "focusing on a symbolic gesture" of recognising it as a state ahead of an emergency cabinet meeting.

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PM urged to take three key steps ahead of emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza

A group representing Palestinian interests in the UK says the government needs to take immediate steps to end the hunger crisis in Gaza.

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · May 30

🚨STATEMENT: Following our meeting with the BBC Director-General.

In its coverage of Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza over the last 19 months, the BBC has not only failed in terms of impartiality - it has effectively legitimised an ongoing genocide.

Link: britpalcommittee.co.uk/bbcstatement

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · May 27

Today we wrote to the Foreign Sec asking for urgent clarity - why is the UK Trade Envoy meeting Israeli officials to promote trade following last week’s announcement? Is this contradiction a renege on policy or what? Share below ⬇️

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · May 25

Important new report out today ⬇️

Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · May 25

‼️New IRR study warns of Europe's creeping authoritarianism with increased used of weaponry against racialised minorities ⤵️

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UK Border Force is in effect under military command, report says

Institute of Race Relations says MoD’s Channel role reflects global rise of ‘hyper-militarisation’ in law enforcement

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · May 15

Our briefing today calls for parliamentarians to respond urgently to Israel's chilling plans for escalation - and to uphold Britain's basic legal, historic & moral obligations to the Palestinian people.

Read it here: britpalcommittee.co.uk/nakba77briefing

Nakba 77 Briefing — British Palestinian Committee

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · May 15

📄🚨👇🏾BRIEFING: Today, we mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba & its continuation in the form of Israel's genocidal onslaught in Gaza.

This has never been about war - rather, the execution of a settler colonial project in which Britain has a foundational role. britpalcommittee.co.uk/nakba77brief...

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · May 8

"Ongoing Nakba: Palestinian Reflections" will explore the continuing impact of the Nakba on Palestinian lives today through short reflections, testimonies & spoken word poetry.

🗓 Monday 12th May
🕕 6–7pm BST
📍 Online – Streaming on YouTube
📺 @BritishPalestinianCommittee

British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · May 8

📅📣Upcoming Online Event: Nakba 77

Join us as we welcome key voices from our community for an online event marking 77 years since the first mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in 1948.

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Apr 6

This alarming & unprecedented move underscores the importance of long-overdue action to hold Israel accountable for its crimes. Govt officials have been rightly quick to condemn the move - what substantive action will they now take to put an end to Israeli atrocities?

British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Apr 6

As Israeli forces continue to slaughter Palestinians with total impunity, its officials are now deporting British policymakers in order to prevent any level of basic scrutiny.

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Two British MPs detained by Israel, British foreign minister says

Israel has detained two British members of parliament and refused entry to the officials who were visiting as part of a parliamentary delegation, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said in a statement late on Saturday.

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 31

🇵🇸 Take action NOW and email your MP to stop the genocide. Demand an end to Israel’s actions and Britain’s active complicity.

📣 Send an email today using this quick template:
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Urgent Action: Call on your MP to stop the genocide

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 31

📢As Israeli air strikes kill at least 70 people in Gaza while Palestinians mark Eid al-Fitr, we must intensify the pressure on MPs to take decisive action. 🚨

Hundreds of you have already contacted 161 MPs about the latest onslaught using our e-action – let’s ensure every single one is reached!

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

You can read more on initiatives like this, and the dangers of normalisation, in our Policy Briefing from 2023 on the matter: static1.squarespace.com/static/611a6... 12/12

British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

As we enter a moment that looks set to shape the future of Palestine & the region, there is only one path that will lead to a just peace. It must begin with an immediate halt to any plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their lands, & the int’l community holding Israel accountable 11/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

Israel is on trial for genocide at the International Court of Justice, human rights abuses are proliferating, & brazen threats of further annexation and displacement are becoming even more commonplace, priority for financial & political assistance should be based on clear and articulated needs.10/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

In the aftermath of Israel's most devastating attack on Gaza, while soldiers & settlers continue to attack & displace families across Palestine, & leaders continue with genocidal calls - the resurgence of progs calling for Palestinians to engage in 'peace-building' is particularly distasteful 9/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

Cuts in foreign aid & diversion of support away from essential services to fund P2P projects will have a devastating impact on Palestinians’ access to healthcare, education, & other critical needs. In particular UNRWA, which serves over 5 million refugees, faces an existential funding crisis 8/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

The mainstream of Palestinian civil society remains opposed to all forms of normalisation, including P2P projects that do not recognise the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people & are not premised on opposing the occupation, discrimination & oppression to which Palestinians are subjected 7/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

There is currently no constituency of Palestinian civil society supporting an “international fund for peace” or further P2P projects – a reality that any attempt at a meaningful consultation with Palestinians would show. 6/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

Experts who observed the “International Fund” in the US have raised concerns that it makes way for investments in illegal settlement infrastructure to support “co-existence”. Eg, Israeli factories in the occupied West Bank, employing Palestinians, have presented themselves as “peace projects” 5/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

These programmes are not new and have been shown not to work. A 2021 study commissioned by the UK’s own Department for International Development on the value for money of P2P programmes in Israel/Palestine found insufficient evidence of positive impact. 4/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

In presenting Israel’s occupation & dispossession of the Palestinian people as ‘ethnic conflict’, ignoring asymmetries of power, this & similar programmes divert from & delegitimise in’tl law - while normalising occupation and structural violence against Palestinians at the civil society level. 3/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

P2P programmes perpetuate the myth of false equivalence between occupying power and occupied people. They fail to address the decades long occupation & apartheid in Palestine, thereby normalising the ongoing denial of Palestinian rights 2/12

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British Palestinian Committee @britpalcommitt.bsky.social · Mar 11

Today, there is a Westminster Hall debate on the International Fund for Peace, which promotes “People-to-People” (P2P) programmes based on approaches to resolving ethnic conflict. In this thread, we lay out the inadequacy and dangers of such an approach ⬇️⬇️1/12

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