In February 2017, SNP MPs Tommy Sheppard and Margaret Ferrier and Liberal Democrat Shadow International Development Secretary, Baroness Sheehan were part of a Caabu and Medical Aid for Palestinians delegation to the West Bank. A full report of the visit can be found here.
Between 2010 and 2015, Caabu took 55 prominent British politicians on delegations to Palestine, including former Cabinet ministers such as Jack Straw, Andy Burnham, Liam Byrne, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Dame Tessa Jowell; a former Home Office minister, Nick Herbert and Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna. MPs who have been on Caabu delegations have secured debates on such issues as Palestinian statehood, development in Area C, and Palestinian child detainees.
By Sophie Marjoribanks
23 June 2017
By Edmund Walton
23 June 2017
Israel announced on 29 March it will be building a new settlement in the West Bank, called Amichai. On 20 June building started in the northern West Bank, near the already existing settlement of Shilo. In the 50 years that Israel has illegally occupied the West Bank, more than 600,000 Israelis have moved there - motivated by a mix of ideology, religion and the low cost of living.
Caabu calls on UK Government to do more to tackle anti-Muslim violence and hate speech
19 June 2017
Caabu is appalled by the terrorist attack outside Finsbury Park mosque on 19 June as worshippers were leaving after prayers.
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth)
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Thank you for contacting me regarding Palestinian human rights.
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)
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50 years of Occupation must end
5 June 2017 marks 50 years of Occupation for Palestinians in the West Bank including East Jersualem and the Gaza Strip.
These five decades have seen daily violations of international law, the setting up of over 200 illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a settler population of over 600,000 and a network of obstacles to Palestinian movement and basic services.
The Occupation has entailed gross abuses of human rights, including torture, detention without trial and use of human shields and shoot-to-kill policies.
Caabu condemns appalling attacks in London, Kabul and Baghdad
5 June 2017
Caabu condemns the appalling and heinous attacks in London that murdered 7 people as well as those in the same week in Baghdad and Kabul. All of these attacks show a complete lack of respect for human life and universal values.
