This page will keep you up to date with articles, letters and other content about the UK general election which have a focus on the Middle East or British Foreign policy.
Ed Miliband, Not America's Poodle (New York Times)
Mehdi Hasan, 20 April 2015
Chris Doyle, Director of the Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu), has won the prestigious Annemarie Schimmel Award for Excellence in championing a Muslim cause. He was presented with the award at the Muslim News Awards for Excellence ceremony in London Wednesday 25 March in the presence of the leader of the UK opposition, the Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP and the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP.
Does UKIP hate Islam?
By Joseph Willits
22 April 2015
UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, is not happy with the accusations that UKIP is a party comprised of the racist and the bigoted. He highlights BME candidates (all of which are in unwinnable seats), that this is testament to that fact. Yet does this view stack up?
Caabu Press Release: The EU must save lives in the Mediterranean
With estimates of already 1,500 dead in the Mediterranean in 2015, and the deaths of 3,400 in 2014, the overwhelming priority has to be to save lives. The EU must restart the rescue and it is vital that funding for state rescues is restored, before even more lives are lost. No European Government should make excuses to abdicate responsibility which puts further lives in jeopardy.
Caabu Press Release: The EU must save lives in the Mediterranean
With estimates of already 1,500 dead in the Mediterranean in 2015, and the deaths of 3,400 in 2014, the overwhelming priority has to be to save lives. The EU must restart the rescue and it is vital that funding for state rescues is restored, before even more lives are lost. No European Government should make excuses to abdicate responsibility which puts further lives in jeopardy.
What do the political parties say about the Mediterranean migrant deaths?
Conservative
David Cameron: “This has been a dark day for Europe; it really is horrific the scenes that we've all witnessed on our television screens, the loss of life.
"We've got to deal with the instability in the countries concerned; we've got to go after the human traffickers and the criminals that are running this trade.
Over 800 people are thought to have died when a boat carrying migrants from Libya towards Italy capsized off the coast of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean. Much political debate on how to prevent more deaths occurring in the Mediterranean has followed. This page outlines the party positions and key quotes on the Mediterranean deaths, as well as a statement released by Caabu.
Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley)
Twitter: @J_Donaldson_MP
The Questions asked can be found here.
Trevor Lunn (Lagan Valley)
Twitter: @TrevorLunnLV
Questions asked can be found here.
1. I would like to see a Palestinian State recognised as part of a two-state solution. However, I am unclear how this can be done before there is a single authority in charge of the Palestinian territories (and one which also recognises Israel).
Plaid Cymru Manifesto 2015
On Israel and Palestine
“Plaid Cymru has consistently called for an ending of the blockade on Gaza and for a two state solution for Israel and Palestine.” (Page 34)
On human rights and international development
