The first Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture was given by John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods Market, in 2007. She is also a well-known campaigner for justice and human rights, most notably for the Gurkha Justice Campaign. Film appearances include in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Shirley Valentine, and The Wolf of Wall Street. Her television work also includes The New Avengers. She won two Baftas for her role as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous. Lumley is an actor, television presenter and former model.

Lumley will talk about the true meaning of compassion before being interviewed by the chief executive of Compassion in World Farming, Philip Lymbery. She has also supported campaigns to improve conditions for dairy cattle and to ban the use of cages for laying hens. She has recently campaigned against the keeping of sows in narrow stalls whilst giving birth. Lumley is a longstanding patron of Compassion in World Farming. The event is the festival’s second annual hosting of Compassion in World Farming’s Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture, named in honour of the charity’s founder, a British farmer, who became horrified at the development of factory farming. But as a caretaker leader, he isn’t in a position to pursue any major diplomatic initiatives.One of Britain’s best-known actresses Dame Joanna Lumley talks about the true meaning of ‘compassion’, her love of animals and the natural world, and about her animal welfare campaigning. Lapid, who is expected to stay in the prime minister’s role until the election in November, supports a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Political uncertainty in Israel, which is holding another round of elections in November, and the weakness of Palestinian Authority leadership has dimmed any chance of restarting negotiations that broke down more than a decade ago.Įarlier this month, Macron hosted Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid in the Elysee Palace and called on him to revive talks toward peace with the Palestinians. Biden offered compassion and financial assistance for hope-starved Palestinians but also delivered a blunt acknowledgment that the “ground is not ripe” for new attempts to reach an elusive peace.

President Joe Biden in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week.

He repeated his willingness to mobilize the international community in efforts that will lead to resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians and eventually result in a “just and lasting peace.”Ībbas emphasized that Israel must stop “unilateral actions (.) most importantly, the building of illegal settlements” that slice the territory the Palestinians want for their state alongside Israel in pieces.Ībbas was meeting with Macron in Paris after the Palestinian leader had met with U.S. Both actions are “contrary to international law,” Macron said. In the short term, Macron said, that means putting an end to Israel’s unilateral measures in the occupied West Bank, including the expansion of Jewish settlements and evictions of Palestinian families from their homes.

He added: “To avert this threat (…) that undermines the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis, we must act.” “We all know that a new spiral of violence can start at any moment,” Macron said on Wednesday. Speaking alongside Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the presidential palace in Paris, Macron said the situation in East Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories remains “more than worrying.” PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for the resumption of long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in order to prevent simmering tensions in one of Middle East’s longest conflicts from boiling over again.

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