Paul Heywood-Smith

Paul Heywood-Smith is an Australian barrister and Queen's Counsel who has maintained an interest in Palestine for over forty years. That interest led him to accept the role of Chairperson of the Australian Friends of Palestine Association, an organisation dedicated to the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis of international law and UN resolutions. He visited the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2010 and has travelled widely in the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan in the period 2007 to 2011.