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.

Iraq After ISIS: Iranian influence and Shia militancy? 

Caabu briefing with Hayder al-Khoei

The "Arab Spring" five years on

The 17th December 2015 is the fifth anniversary of the self-immolation of Muhamad Bouazizi in Tunisia. This is seen as the spark for all the uprisings in numerous Arab states that followed, and eventually led to the removal of four dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

Where art thou oh Bethlehem?

By Zaki Boulos

Hope and optimism come in sparse doses for a region plagued with unrest and raging conflicts across its Arab lands. For the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, there seems to be little comfort there too.  

Caabu board member David Jones MP has written an opinion piece for the Huffington Post on the crisis in Yemen: Overlooked By the Outside World, Conflict in Yemen Continues Unabated.

Bashing Muslims to win votes has to stop to defeat ISIS

Caabu is deeply disturbed at the alarming trend of bashing Muslims for electoral gain. The most obvious example is the Republican candidate Donald Trump (See article by Caabu Director, Chris Doyle - Trump’s Muslim hatred about winning votes, not policy) but he has not been the only one.   

Caabu would like invite you for a briefing on ISIS women and enforcers in Syria, with experienced journalist of the Middle East and author Azadeh Moaveni.