BACK OUR CAMPAIGN
The ongoing suffering in Palestine can be directly traced to Britain’s violations of international law between 1917 and 1948.
We need your support in urging the British Government to formally acknowledge Britain’s role, issue a sincere apology, and provide meaningful reparations to the Palestinian people.
WHY BRITAIN OWES PALESTINE
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Britain‘s Mandate to rule Palestine was unlawful
Britain unlawfully acted as an occupying power following the Balfour Declaration in 1917, giving itself the authority to rule the territory with a ‘Mandate’ that had no legal basis.
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Britain’s oppression of the Palestinian people was unlawful
Palestinians were subject to a widespread pattern of murder, torture, persecution and other inhumane acts under British rule from 1917 to 1948 – three decades of systemic breaches of the international law standards that applied at the time including repeated war crimes.
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Britain abandoned Palestine, having created the conditions for the country’s violent partition
Britain played a central role in the 1948 partition, ultimately shaping and enabling the divisions of today.
We’ve submitted a legal petition challenging the government to account for Britain’s systemic breaches of international law during its unlawful occupation of Palestine.
“The current crisis in Palestine was ‘Made in Britain’, through a catalogue of neglect and abuse of the Palestinian people. Together we have suffered more than a century of oppression.”