#Palestine36 is performing well at the box office (for a small independent film). Thanks to all of you who have already seen it. Given the interest in the film it is showing at even more cinemas across the U.K. and Ireland next week. Please see the listings here:

This was a good watch, with @victorkattan.bsky.social and @profmabon.bsky.social not being shy about blasting the stupid idea of having Blair run Gaza. Who ever thought of that one should read some history books. It's hardly a secret why that's a terrible idea. www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...

I was interviewed for this podcast with Andrew West on @abcnewsbot.bsky.social about developments in Gaza and the "Britain Owes Palestine campaign" that seeks an apology from Britain for war crimes in Palestine in the 1930s. You can listen to it here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

“Half the [Palestinian] population that was expelled in 1948 were expelled when Britain was still responsible for law and order in the territory [and] a lot of the tactics that the Israeli army has been using over the decades were learned from the British.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"... a new film by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir, Palestine 1936, which premieres in the UK this month. The film stars Jeremy Irons as the notorious British High Commissioner in Palestine, Arthur Wauchope (1874–1947)"

Your long weekend read by yours truly :-) There is something new here for everyone. The hidden history of British war crimes in Palestine — and the campaign for an apology - ABC Religion & Ethics www.abc.net.au/religion/hid...

The great students of Nottingham have invited me to speak about the origins of the conflict in Gaza and Britain’s role in that history alongside Professor Andreas Bieler who will be speaking about contemporary issues and what we can do about them. This is happening on Tuesday in Coates Auditorium.

「パレスチナ巡る外交政策に謝罪を」　英政府に請願書を提出　訴訟も検討(2025年10月2日) youtu.be/m4iaawpdhqg?... via @YouTube coverage of the britainowespalestine campaign in Japan!

I appeared on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story yesterday where I joined former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights ⁦‪@ajgilmour.bsky.social‬⁩ and ⁦‪professor Simon Mabon‬⁩ to discuss the ⁦‪#Trump 20-point plan for #Gaza. You can watch it here: youtu.be/rSjnmYaQilw?...

This is a message for my Mandarin-speaking friends! Does the first sentence in Article II of the Apartheid Convention -- copied below -- use the word 'racial groups' or 'ethnic groups' when translated into English? Is there any difference in Mandarin between race and ethnicity? Thanks in advance!!

My interview with To Vima - this time in English, for those, like me, who can’t read Greek :-) UK Recognition of Palestine: A Double-edged Sword also features quotes from Ilan Pappe and @yairwallach.bsky.social www.tovima.com/world/uk-rec...

The Greek newspaper TO VIMA just published an interview with me about the UK's decision to recognise Palestine. If you can read Greek, you can read it here: www.tovima.gr/2025/09/27/w... #Palestine #recognition #Greece

If you’re in Liverpool today come and say hello!

⚖️ Today, an investigative judge in Damascus issued an arrest warrant in absentia for former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on charges of premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and deprivation of liberty related to the 2011 Daraa incidents sana.sy/en/local/226...

#Palestine #warcrimes #britain #colonialism #reparations #gaza #recognition

UK urged to act on colonial-era war crimes case after recognising Palestinian state - ⁦‪@BBCWorld‬⁩ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some photos from the opening of the Palestinian embassy in London earlier today.

I was interviewed on Al Jazeera from New York last week. It just aired. You can watch it here. Palestinians welcome state recognition as first step to ending Israeli o... youtu.be/Mrtr26okn4Y?... via @YouTube

This is big coming from Singapore with its close historical and military ties to Israel. The Lion City may even recognise Palestine (if, Netanyahu presses ahead with annexation). The UAE has also hinted likewise … so long the “Abraham Accords”? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Portugal recognises Palestine — it’s coming thick and fast! www.trtworld.com/article/180b...

"”While a welcome step, Britain owes Palestine far more than recognition," said Victor Kattan, public international law professor and adviser to the "Britain Owes Palestine" campaign, arguing for an apology and reparations for engineering violent divisions.” www.channelnewsasia.com/world/britai...

Finally - recognition of Palestine was long overdue and is better late than never. Now the debate needs to shift to real sanctions and mass divestment to end the slaughter in Gaza #gaza #palestine #recognition

When should ICJ judges step aside? @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social, @drnajimagi.bsky.social & @victorkattan.bsky.social unpack recusal rules, Judge Sebutinde’s remarks on Palestine, and the politics of impartiality & recusal from Gaza now to 1960s SW Africa #CalledToTheBar soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

“There are no innocents in Gaza”. This is worth watching if you want to understand why there is so little opposition to the war inside Israel www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

“Kattan rapped twice on the heavy knocker on the prime minister’s front door. The loud thud reverberated up the otherwise silent street, as the petitioners announced their arrival to ask for what they see as justice.” #Balfour #Palestine #reparations www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

Big news out of South Africa 🇿🇦 The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is set to reopen the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who died under mysterious circumstances while in police custody 48 years ago. www.dailydispatch.co.za/politics/202...

I was honoured to contribute my legal expertise to this petition to HMG and for being chosen to deliver it to 10 Downing Street with Munib al Masri, 91 years old, Avi Shlaim, and Munib’s grandson, who was paralysed by Israeli soldiers 14 years ago. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

2/3 | Between 18 September and 4 December 2025, outstanding scholars, including @vukusiciva.bsky.social, @noellequenivet.bsky.social, and @victorkattan.bsky.social, will help us delve into the legal and political intricacies of this interesting and timely question from various perspectives.

Famine has been officially declared in Gaza Governorate for the first time by the IPC -and there is worse to come. The world must stop this. UN statement: www.ochaopt.org/content/stat... IPC Report: www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us... #endgazafamine #GazaGenocide #GazaStarving

Read the headlines. This is horrific. 130,000 troops to be mobilized. Palestinians to be transferred to Southern Gaza.

The Attorney General’s reply on the matter of the recognition of Palestine - note that William Hague concluded that Palestine already met the criteria of statehood in 2011. #recognition #palestine

When you'll see the wonderful scenery of the Sahara desert in Christopher Nolan's new movie on The Odyssey, remember that it's the land of the indigenous group of the Saharawi people. Read this piece coauthored with the fantastic @ampelliconi.bsky.social For more info on our project see below

I just got a lovely message from a retired British diplomat who told me that some Australian friends of his asked him to thank me “for all your reasoned advocacy for recognition of the state of Palestine.” I am quite chuffed — they held senior posts in previous Australian governments.

Remembering our much loved colleague Agnes Flues who died a year ago today. agnesflues.muchloved.com

I was quoted twice in today’s ⁦‪@FT‬⁩ by ⁦‪@MehulAtLarge‬⁩. FT subscribers can read it here: www.ft.com/content/24fc... for non subscribers the quotes appear below #palestine #recognition

Earlier this year I delivered a lecture at the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge on the statehood of Palestine with Tony Anghie (it may answer questions some people have, given what is being reported in the media today): www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... #Palestine #recognition

Honoured to be cited in ⁦‪@guardian‬⁩ by ⁦‪@Haroon_Siddique‬⁩ , the paper’s legal correspondent, alongside Professor Philippe Sands KC, responding to the nonsense letter published in ⁦‪@thetimes‬⁩ that recognising Palestine is unlawful www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

My latest article in @abcnews on the French, British, Canadian, and maybe even Australian(?) recognitions of Palestine (no paywall): www.abc.net.au/religion/rec...

A smart move by the U.K. that reverses the previous policy of conditionality on Palestinians having to meet certain conditions before recognition; and now imposes them on Israel. This should have been U.K. policy from the beginning. #Palestine #recognition www.bbc.com/news/article...

What does recognising a Palestinian state mean in practice? I was quoted in The Times yesterday in this piece (though alas it’s behind a paywall)‬⁩ www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

““What the vote at the Knesset is meant to be … is a way of gauging the international reaction, as advance preparation for advancing annexation up to the point that it is made official by the Israeli government.” mondoweiss.net/2025/07/the-...

And Edinburgh was also the academic home of 19th century jurist James Lorimer who espoused openly racist views in the field of international law — I didn’t know how embedded these ideas were across the university though - www.theguardian.com/education/20...