This page will detail the policies and comments from political parties about the Middle East and issues that you may find of interest. It will include details from the manifestos of the politcal parties and quotes from key individuals.
Details from political parties, including their manifestos, for the 2017 General Election can be found here.
We believe it is really important to get a sense of the views of those intending to stand for election in our local constiuencies. Therefore, we encourage everybody to write to candidates standing in the 2019 General Election on 12 December in their local area and ask them about issues concerning the Middle East and about issues such as hate crime and racism, which impact all of us.
Why the death of Daesh leader changes little - Article by Chris Doyle in Arab News
28 October 2019
Caabu director Chris Doyle spoke on an Al Jazeera English panel discussion about Turkey's invasion of northern Syria.
Doyle warned of “the stirring up of ethnic and sectarian tensions that will be pitting Turk, Kurd and Arab against each other in a way that actually will disrupt the stability of the region.” He referred to the many Syrians fleeing but “they don't know where to flee to. There aren't clear areas that are going to be safe.”
Caabu director Chris Doyle will be speaking at an open day organised by Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust, and will be delivering the Michael Prior Lecture on Saturday 16 November 2019. The whole event will last from 10.30am to 4.00 pm, with the lecture being given at 11:30am. More information can be found here.
It will take place at Our Lady of Victories, 235a Kensington High Street, LONDON, W8 6SA.
At a Caabu event on the Future for British-Arabs, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran spoke about the role of British-Arab communities.
Chris Doyle explains events in north-east Syria, October 2019
On 6 September 2019, Caabu hosted a book launch with author Gardner Thompson, about his book Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism, and the Creation of Israel.
Erdoğan and North East Syria
Article in 7D News - Chris Doyle, 2 October 2019
If the UN General Assembly missed Binyamin Netanyahu’s annual shenanigans, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was a more than adequate substitute. He even brought the props along with him, maps of Israel’s ever-expanding borders and one of his plans for northern Syria.
His twitter followers dutifully followed him retweeting praise and eulogies for his speech under the hashtag #OurVoiceErdoğan over 330,000 times.
