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
Press Release: All efforts must be made to save Palmyra
Updated 21 May 2015
Reports on 21 May indicate that ISIS now controls nearly all of Palmyra meaning that the extremist group is in effective cotnrol of half of Syria. They initial assault was rebuffed over the weekend of 16-17 May. Syrian army forces have left the city.
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Caabu's Director Chris Doyle on Channel 4 News commenting on Isis' capture of Ramadi - 18 May 2015
"They are being sent to Ramadi now and are not gonna be welcomed by a largely Iraqi Sunni Arab population who will see them as potentially hostile.
Also these militas have gone into cities like Tikrit and commited crimes themselves. They are no angels."
