The Latest Breaking News from Balfour

Israeli PM has threatened bilateral action and annexation of occupied Palestinian land but there are risks in either

People in territory call for symbolism of imminent move by UK and others to be translated into practical measures

Supermarket own-label English sparkling wines are often much cheaper than the prestige products on the shelves

If you are a liberal, as Londoners should be — this is the second most multicultural city on earth — you can hold two ideas in your head at once. The first is that the so-called “pro-Palestine” marches in London — I doubt their “pro” nature, as some seem keener…

On March 8, an unnamed woman, part of a group called Palestine Action, attacked a painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, Cambridge. (Balfour studied there from 1866-69: this must be the connection). She cut it seven times with a knife and sprayed red paint over Balfour’s face. All this…

Timely new book Against Erasure shows the ‘breadth and richness’ of Palestine before the Nakba in 1948 when 750,000 people were forced from their homes

The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II saw large swaths of the world cast off London's rule, but after her death, a handful of British-installed monarchies still endure in the Middle East