IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
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In 1917, then British foreign secretary Arthur Balfour issued the infamous Balfour Declaration which effectively gave Zionist leaders the green light to occupy Palestinian land. Today, the UK can take steps to amend for it's actions, even decades later.
on June 22, 2020
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377 scholars and artists from over 30 countries signed a pledge opposing political interference by institutions and public officials in Germany aimed at silencing advocates for Palestinian rights under international law.
on May 12, 2020
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Foreign Minister of Norway: “We need to work together to prevent this from being a bigger humanitarian and health disaster than we think it can be, especially in Gaza, but also in the West Bank."
on April 7, 2020
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Across the city of Amsterdam, streets named after Israeli cities are correctly identified as being located in Palestine—a nod to the Palestinian struggle against occupation and erasure.
on February 10, 2020
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Britain is implementing a new law that essentially criminalizes boycott campaigns targeting Israel over its human rights abuses. Taking a page from Trump's playbook, the UK is heading down the same road of censorship and free speech violations.
on January 6, 2020
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One of the first things newly elected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to do is pass legislation attacking and banning boycott campaigns against Israel over its human rights abuses.
on December 16, 2019
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Norway's capital Oslo joins five other municipalities in Norway, and one county council, in banning goods and services produced in illegal Jewish-only Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land.
on October 29, 2019
Stopping trade with Israeli settlements in occupied territories is long overdue, and the European Union’s continued refusal to do so is a hypocritical violation of its obligations under international law.
on April 11, 2017
The European Union expressed frustration with Israel's continued demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank in a high-level meeting last week, according to Israel's Haaretz newspaper.
on April 4, 2017