2 May 2025
The 2 May marks two months since Israel imposed a complete blockade on the 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip blocking all international aid including water, food, medicine and fuel. It comes at a time when Gaza’s health-care system is on the brink of collapse as a result of Israeli bombardment of the health infrastructure.
Caabu Chairman the Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael and Caabu Director Chris Doyle have both called on the UK to recognise the state of Palestine.
This comes as Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa visited the UK this week, meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Read Chris Doyle's article for Arab News on the importance of recognition here, and see below for the Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael's contribution to an Urgent Question in Parliament.
Caabu is among 30 human rights organisations calling on world leaders to act to end Israel’s unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory.
21 April 2025
On 7 April 2025, Caabu and Muslim Aid co-hosted our Eid reception in Parliament, marking the end of Ramadan.
Chris Doyle interview with Sky News on deportation of British MPs from Israel - 7 April 2025
In an interview with Sky News, Caabu Director Chris Doyle said that the deportations were 'unacceptable', and that this was a 'negative and counterproductive step."
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Denial of entry to UK parliamentary delegation
On arrival at Ben Gurion Airport on 5 April 2025, two British MPs travelling as part of a parliamentary delegation, were questioned, and subsequently denied entry and deported by Israeli authorities. The parliamentary delegation was organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).
Who will step in to save the Palestinians? Article by Chris Doyle in Arab News 2 April 2025
Caabu hosted an online discussion with Rachel Shabi about her book, Off White: The Truth About Anti-Semitism on Thursday 27 March 2025. In this important briefing, Rachel Shabi, delved into the many faces of of contemporary antisemitism in conversation with Emily Hilton, from Diaspora Alliance and Na'amod UK.
Chris Doyle interviewed on Al Jazeera about Israel's resumption of its aggression on Gaza- 19 March 2025
