On 6 March 2018, Caabu hosted a briefing titled ‘100 years and counting: the contested past and uncertain future of the Palestine-Israel conflict’with Ian Black, an award-winning journalist and author of ‘
On 26 February 2018, Caabu hosted a briefing on 'Sisi, Sinai and Egypt's Continuing Turmoil' with Mohannad Sabry, journalist and author of ‘Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's lifeline, Israel's Nightmare’. The event was chaired by Alistair Carmichael MP.
A Caabu-Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)Parliamentary delegation recently returned from the West Bank. The delegation, which took place from 12-16 February 2018, included Conservative MP and member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Bob Seely MP (Isle of Wight), and Labour MPs Jess Phillips (Birmingham Yardley), Shadow Policing Minister Louise Haigh (Sheffield Heeley) and Shadow International Development Minister Dan Carden (Liverpool Walton).
Press Release: UN Security Council Resolution 2401 on Syria was dead on arrival
26 February 2018
The latest United Nations Security Council Resolution on Syria calling for a thirty day cessation of hostilities was “dead on arrival.” The Syrian regime did not pause in its bombardment of eastern Ghouta and still it is making no attempt to adhere to the terms of the resolution. It exposes once again its contempt for international law and the disgraceful manner in which Russia continues to protect its ally from any accountability for its actions.
Several of Caabu's Parliamentary delegates spoke in a Westminster Hall debate on the military detention of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities on 7 February 2018. The debate was secured by Sarah Champion MP, who visited the West Bank on a Caabu/Medical Aid for Palestinians delegation in September 2015.
Sisi, Sinai and Egypt's Continuing Turmoil: Caabu event with Mohannad Sabry
Sisi, Sinai and Egypt's Continuing Turmoil: Caabu event with Mohannad Sabry
Caabu's work advancing Arab-British relations is more vital than ever. This includes taking MPs on delegations to witness first-hand the many pressing issues facing the Middle East, advocating on these issues in Parliament, and speaking to schoolchildren across the UK.
An Early Day Motion (EDM) on the military detention of Palestinian child detainees by Israel has attracted huge levels of support from British MPs. 128 cross-party MPs have signed the EDM (as of 1 February 2017) making it the fifth most supported EDM in the 2017-19 Parliamentary Session.
The EDM was tabled by Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group Chair, Richard Burden MP, and sponsored by MPs Lisa Nandy, Andy Slaughter, Alistair Carmichael, Tommy Sheppard and Grahame Morris. The EDM reads:
