Ben White

Ben White is a freelance journalist and writer specialising in Palestine/Israel. He also writes on the broader Middle East, Islam and Christianity, and the 'war on terror'. He lives in the UK and his new book, 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide' is published by Pluto Press (2009).

His first book, ‘Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide’, was published by Pluto Press in 2009, receiving praise from the likes of Desmond Tutu, Nur Masalha and Ghada Karmi. Ilan Pappe called White a “strong and clear voice”, while Ali Abunimah described the book as “essential reading”.

His articles have appeared in the Guardian online’s ‘Comment is free’, Electronic Intifada, the New Statesman, Christian Science Monitor, Al-Jazeera English online, Palestine Chronicle, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Middle East International, Al Aqsa Journal, Church Times, Church of England Newspaper, Third Way, The Muslim Weekly, and Palestine-Israel Journal.

Ben has given talks in universities, conferences, churches, and community venues in the UK, US, and Canada. These have included a book launch at the Houses of Parliament, London; a 10-date national tour in Canada with SPHR in October ’09; delivering a paper at the University of Alberta’s ‘Dignity of Difference’ conference October 2009; and events with Amnesty International UK, War on Want, Coalition for Peace with Justice (North Carolina), Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (DC), and student groups in Nottingham, Norwich, Cambridge, and Birmingham (UK).

Ben also writes on the broader Middle East, the ‘war on terror’, and Christian-Muslim relations. He graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in English Literature in 2005, and his final year dissertation was a comparative study of the representation of dispossession in the contemporary literature of Palestinians and Native Americans.

Ben is currently working as ‘Campaign Coordinator’ for A Just Peace for Palestine, an Amos Trust initiative.