In an article in the Daily Telegraph on Friday 12 February, Caabu Director, Chris Doyle argues that the latest agreement in Syria that calls for a cessation of hostilities within a week sadly will not deliver.
The British Government has responded to Written Questions from Labour MP and Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group, Richard Burden about Israel's demolition of 22 Palestinian homes in the South Hebron Hills on 2 February 2016. You can see Caabu's statement and cross-party condemnation of the demolitions here.
Caabu will be pressing the Government to provide a fuller response following a response from UNOCHA.
Caabu has written a letter to Airbnb's Head of Policy for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada about its policy of listing properties within illegal Israeli settlements. They are marketed as being inside the State of Israel.
Dear Patrick Robinson,
For immediate release: 4th February 2016
‘Now turn pledges into action’ - civil society verdict on Supporting Syria donors’ conference
On 27 January, Caabu hosted a briefing in Parliament with Hayder al-Khoei, an associate fellow of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa programme, titled ‘Iraq After ISIS: Iranian influence and Shia militancy?’
PRESS RELEASE
3 February 2016
World leaders in London must deliver transformational new deal for Syrian refugees and host countries
British Parliamentarians condemn Israeli home demolitions in the South Hebron Hills
British Parliamentarians who have visited Palestinian communities in the South Hebron Hills on Caabu and Medical Aid for Palestinians delegations have condemned Israeli home demolitions on 2 February 2016. Caabu has also written to the British Foreign Office calling on the British Government to raise this issue in the strongest terms with Israeli authorities.
Oman – The Middle East’s Best Kept Secret
by James Denselow
January 2016
Despite 2015 seemingly dominated by violence in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, tourism in the Middle East saw a 3% increase in visitor numbers. As the spread of ISIS’s targets reach out into tourism hot spots like Turkey and Egypt cautious tourists are left asking is there any safe place to visit in the region?
Human Rights Watch release report calling on businesses to cease activity in Israeli settlements
Five Caabu delegates to Palestine speak in a Westminster Hall debate on Palestinian child prisoners
On 6 January 2016, MPs held a Westminster Hall debate on child prisoners and detainees in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The debate was secured by Sarah Champion MP who visited Palestine with Caabu and Medical Aid for Palestinians in September 2015.
