New report highlights attacks on Gaza’s hospitals and medics in 2014 military offensive
A joint NGO report has highlighted the devastating attacks on Gaza’s medical facilities and personnel which occurred during the 2014 military offensive on Gaza. This comes as states prepare to discuss the UN Commission of Inquiry into last summer’s 51-day attacks at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Monday.
“Modest expansion” of the UK’s resettlement scheme for Syrian refugees is a positive step, but not enough
Caabu welcomes the announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron of an increase in the number of Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK. The Government has made a positive step, and should be commended for this, but to fully address the scale of a crisis where over 11 million people have been displaced from Syria (4 million in neighbouring countries), a more substantial and increased resettlement effort is urgently needed.
Caabu hosted a briefing in Parliament with Terje Rød-Larsen, Norwegian politican and diplomat, and President of the International Peace Institute on 16 June 2015;
Norwegian doctor and activist Mads Gilbert spoke at a Caabu / Britain-Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group briefing in Parliament on 16 June 2015 about his extensive work with trauma patients in Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital. It was Chaired by Richard Burden MP, and was organised with the important assistance of Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Zaina Erhaim - Surviving in northern Syria: Stories from the front line
On 11 June Zaina Erhaim spoke at a Caabu event about life in northern Syria.
You can listen to an audio recording of the event in full here.
The impact of the Syrian war on Lebanon: Caabu briefing with Guardian Middle East Correspondent Kareem Shaheen
On 8 June the Guardian Middle East Correspondent Kareem Shaheen gave a briefing on the impact of the Syrian war on Lebanon at a Caabu event chaired by Caabu Chairman, Andy Love. Kareem, who is based in Beirut, stressed the pressure Lebanon was coming under from the Syrian crisis during a highly informative talk on the region.
The Return of Ideology: the challenge of our time? Briefing with Terje Rød-Larsen, President of the International Peace Institute.
Khalil Al-Amour of Adalah (The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel) and the Negev Coexistence Forum, spoke to Caabu about Israel's plans to demolish the Bedouin villages of Umm al-Hiran and Atir in the Negev. After a thirteen year struggle, on 5 May 2015, the Israeli Supreme Court aprroved the State of Israel's plan to demolish the village, and build a new Jewish town on the same site, called Hiran.
'Night in Gaza': Dr Mads Gilbert talks of his experiences as a doctor during Israel's 2014 war on Gaza
Caabu would like to invite Members for a briefing with doctor and activist Mads Gilbert, who will talk of his experiences as a doctor during Israel's 2014 war on Gaza.
Football in Israel: A place of hope and despair
Charlie Garnett
