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Vincent Fean

Vincent Fean was high commissioner to Malta (2002–06), ambassador to Libya (2006–10), and consul general to Jerusalem (defacto ambassador to the Occupied Palestinian Territories) from 2010 to 2014

January 2017

  • A Palestinian protestor looks towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on January 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEHJAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images

    Only a two-state solution will bring peace to the Middle East. Let’s help to realise it

    Vincent Fean
    Quiet diplomacy hasn’t worked. Britain needs to push for international recognition of Israel and Palestine – and then robustly defend the rights of both

October 2014

  • Palestinian children search among the rubble of 15-storey Basha Tower in Gaza.

    The time is right for Britain to recognise the Palestinian state

    Vincent Fean
    Vincent Fean: The alternative is further violence, injustice and discrimination. When the UK parliament votes on Monday we must break this impasse
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