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Souvenir Booklet Jerusalem Conference 2020 Jerusalem: From Past Divisions to a Shared Future? Balfour The Case for Equal Rights Souvenir Booklet from our Online Conference Held on 27th October 2020 Project Statement: Israel/Palestine: Equal Rights for lasting Peace The Balfour Project issued this statement at the end of the conference, signed by British Parliamentarians and Faith leaders, to be conveyed to the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary. We acknowledge Britain’s historic responsibilities for inequality and discrimination in Jerusalem and across the Holy Land. They stem from the last century, through the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate for Palestine, with consequences which are still felt today. Past British responsibility for present injustice demands British commitment to work urgently for a better future, respecting equal rights. With British assistance, the Jewish people exercised their right to self-determination in the Holy Land more than 70 years ago. To this day, the Palestinian people are denied this right. This injustice must end. The future of Jerusalem is crucial to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and between Israel and the Arab and Muslim worlds. The recent normalisation of relations between Israel and some Arab Gulf states is no substitute for a lasting peace founded on broad popular consent from Israelis and Palestinians. Sharing Jerusalem is essential to gain that consent. Palestinians and Israelis will share the Holy Land forever, and must shape its future together. Only equality will bring safety and well-being, and essential dialogue. The two peoples, alone, have not attained peaceful coexistence. So, for the good of both, and if we truly mean what we say, we in Britain must help reverse current negative developments which only entrench separation and inequality. Civil society, including faith leaders, in the U.K., the rest of Europe and the USA, has a vital role in making that change happen. We call upon the British Government now to take the following five measures: – Reaffirm publicly East Jerusalem’s status under international law as occupied Palestinian territory and oppose current systematic efforts to undermine this status; – Press for true freedom of access for all believers – Jewish, Muslim and Christian– to their respective holy sites in Jerusalem: especially Jews to the Western Wall, Christians to the Holy Sepulchre, Muslims to al Aqsa Mosque, from wherever they live; – Work effectively to uphold the rule of law reflected in UN Security Council Resolutions, particularly Resolution 2334, which condemns illegal Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory; – Insist that Israel end forthwith its discriminatory practices in Jerusalem, enabling all Jerusalemites to enjoy the same rights and services, regardless of creed or nationality; and – Recognise the State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, with Jerusalem as the shared capital of both states. We seek a future of equal rights and peaceful coexistence between the peoples of Israel and Palestine in two states along the pre-1967 Green Line. Crucially, the wellbeing and security of both peoples in those states will grow with equality. We seek the Peace of Jerusalem. 27 October 2020 The conference is free, but please consider a donation to help us keep going www.peoplesfundraising.com/balfour-project Balfour Project is a Scottish Registered Charity (SC 047090) Signatories Lord Frank Judd Tahir Ali MP Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Rt Hon Lord Anderson of Ipswich Claudia Beamish, Member of the Scottish Rt Reverend Declan Lang, Catholic Bishop of Clifton, Parliament Chair of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Department Clive Betts MP of International Affairs Rt Hon Baroness Tessa Blackstone Carolyn Lawrence, Vice-President of the Methodist Crispin Blunt MP Conference, Methodist Church in Britain Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP Rt Hon Tony Lloyd MP Alan Brown MP Most Hon the Marquess of Lothian Richard Burden Caroline Lucas MP Wendy Chamberlain MP Kenny MacAskill MP Joanna Cherry QC MP Seema Malhotra MP Rt Reverend Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Imam Ajmal Masroor Southwark, Church of England Lead Bishop for Very Reverend Dr Andrew McLellan, former International Affairs Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Daisy Cooper MP Scotland Rt Hon Lord Cope of Berkeley Pauline McNeill, Member of the Scottish Parliament Neil Coyle MP Carol Monaghan MP Rt Hon Ed Davey MP, Leader, Liberal Democrats James Graham, Duke of Montrose Wayne David MP, Shadow Minister for the Layla Moran MP Middle East John Nicolson MP Most Reverend John Davies, Archbishop of Wales Lord Jonny Oates Martyn Day MP Rt Reverend Dr Joanna Penberthy, Bishop of St Davids Allan Dorans MP Rt Reverend John Pritchard, former Bishop of Oxford Julie Elliott MP (Co chair of the All Party Yasmin Qureshi MP Parliamentary Group on Palestine) Andrew Selous MP Rt Reverend Dr Martin Fair, Moderator of the Tommy Sheppard MP General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Andy Slaughter MP John Finnie, Member of the Scottish Parliament Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames Patrick Grady MP Rev Richard Teal, President of the Methodist Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC Conference, Methodist Church in Britain Rt Hon Lord Bruce Grocott Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Saltaire Rt Hon Lord Peter Hain Rt Hon Lord Norman Warner Lord Hannay of Chiswick Rt Hon Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Co chair of the All Neale Hanvey MP Party Parliamentary Group on Palestine) Wera Hobhouse MP Dr Philippa Whitford MP Baroness Sheila Hollins Munira Wilson MP Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece Lord Wood of Anfield Lord Raymond Hylton This statement reflects the views of the Balfour Project and the Lord Michael Jay signatories listed above. It does not reflect the diverse views of Rt Hon David Jones MP all the contributors to the conference, to whom we are deeply grateful. The conference is free, but please consider a donation to help us keep going www.peoplesfundraising.com/balfour-project Balfour Project is a Scottish Registered Charity (SC 047090) About the For hundreds of millions of followers of the three Abrahamic Balfour Project faiths around the world Jerusalem is a sacred city. Being able to access freely its holy places is for them of paramount importance. And, for Palestinians, East Jerusalem must be the MISSION STATEMENT capital of their future state. Putting the city back on the table was the purpose of this major conference. Acknowledging Britain’s historical and continuing responsibilities, through Sir Vincent Fean (Chair of Balfour Project Board of Trustees): popular education and advocacy to The questions we ask today are: can we establish the facts of the uphold equal rights for the Israeli and situation and highlight them: historical, legal, religious, actual. Palestinian peoples. To persuade the Second, can we explore the prospects for positive change British Government to recognise the inclusively, or more of the same when more of the same means state of Palestine alongside the state entrenching inequality? Third, what should Britain and others say of Israel. and do to advance equal rights and peaceful coexistence— government parliament, civil society, all of us, not acting alone, PATRONS but acting and doing so in concert with like-minded people Rt Hon Tom Brake elsewhere in Europe, in the United States, in Israel, and in Richard Burden Palestine. Our speakers will seek to put Jerusalem back on the Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, Bishop table - for there will be no solution to this conflict without an of Southwark inclusive solution on Jerusalem, sharing the future. We seek the Rt Revd Declan Lang, Bishop of Clifton peace of Jerusalem. Rt Revd John Pritchard, former Bishop of Oxford Very Revd Dr Andrew McLellan CBE Baroness Morris of Bolton Rabbi Danny Rich Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames Dr Philippa Whitford MP HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan: It was Benjamin HRH Prince El Disraeli, a Sephardic Jew, converted to Anglicanism and reputedly died a Roman Catholic, who gave us one of the most evocative descriptions of old Jerusalem when he Hassan Bin visited in the early 19th century. ..”The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of Talal of earth and of heaven.” Jordan It is a history that is also deeply entwined with that of my own family. As Sharif of Mecca and King of Hejaz, my great-grandfather Sharif Hussein presided over the principal routes of pilgrimage… respect for each other's Holy Places was ingrained in a tradition of hospitality and watering and sanctuary. This hereditary duty directly links Mecca with the Glorious Esplanade and the Holy sites. Even now the holiness of the city does not ensure an agreed solution for its future. Only the legal arguments offer a dispassionate, neutral route out of the labyrinth, a counterbalance to the partisan nature of the political polemic and the dogmatic quality of so much of the religious debate. His Royal Highness was officially invested as Crown Prince to the I have been a lifelong friend of the United Kingdom. Hashemite Throne of Jordan, in 1965. Until 1999, he served as the I deeply admire its fundamental values and principles, King’s closest political advisor, including the upholding of the rule of law. Speaking as a confidant and deputy, as well as friend, I should add that though British interest in acting as Regent in the King’s absence from the country. Jerusalem has not always translated into attention to the well-being and equal treatment of all Jerusalem's residents today … the city concerns us all with its rich social fabric, a city that means so much to the peoples of the Abrahamic faiths and to the whole world. ..I would like to speak above all to… those concerned British people who worry about current negative trends and can make their voices heard in calls to those responsible for a change of direction before it is too late.
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