Uri Davies discusses the Legacy of the Balfour declaration, at the Britain’s Legacy in Palestine Conference, held on 19th January 2013 at Friends House in London. The event titled ‘Britain’s Colonial Legacy in Palestine’ was hosted by the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) and invited a variety of speakers including Rev Dr Steven Sizer, Dr Ghada Karmi, Alison Weir, Alan Hart, John Bond, Martin Linton & Sabbah Al Mukhtar to participate in this discussion.

A video of Uri Davies delivering his talk titled ‘Reversing the Political Zionist Interpretation of Britain’s Colonial Legacy in Palestine’ can be viewed here -  http://youtu.be/_vmhzOmUkuI

Uri Davies begins his discussion by enunciating that the Oslo Accords were a set back, "In my reading the Oslo Accords do not represent a Palestinian Victory, my reading of the Oslo Accords represents a Palestinian set back but the dissent that I voiced at the time was at the presentation of the Accords as Palestinian achievement, Palestinian victory. It was not.”

Uri Davies is an academic & a civil rights activist born to Jewish parents in Jerusalem. He describes himself as a Palestinian Hebrew and is an honorary research fellow at the University of Durham’s Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies (IMEIS) and at the University of Exeter and an author of several books.

The PRC is as ‘an Independent Consultancy which focuses on the historical, political and legal aspects of the Palestinian Refugees. The organization offers expert advice to various actors and agencies on the question of Palestinian Refugees within the context of the Nakba - The catastrophe following the forced displacement of Palestinians in 1948 - and serves as an information repository on other related aspects of the Palestine question and the Arab-Israeli conflict. It specializes in the research, analysis, and monitor of issues pertaining to the dispersed Palestinians and their internationally recognized legal right to return.'

For further information please visit the PRC website - www.prc.org.uk

Assalamu'alaikum, peace be upon you

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