On Monday 16 February, Israeli authorities began demolishing Palestinian homes in the Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba. 90 Palestinians (mostly children) were made homeless after the demolitions. According to reports, 12 caravans were demolished under the pretext that they had no building permission. The homes were donated by the European Union after previous demolitions in Jabal al-Baba.
Caabu Director on visit to Tunisia why we need to support it
May 2016
Caabu Director Chris Doyle joined a delegation to Tunisia, meeting with senior officials, members of civil society and those involved in the tourist industry. He visited the sites of the awful 2015 massacres at the Bardo museum and the Imperial Marhaba hotel in Sousse.
Caabu's Joseph Willits has written an article for the New Arab on the replica of Palmyra's Arch of Triumph being erected in London Trafalgar Square and the feeling that such an event can serve as a PR stunt for the Assad regime, and cement the view that Syria's monuments and heritage are more important than its people: Syria's human losses and Londo
Caabu's director Chris Doyle has reviewd Jack Shenker's book, The Egyptians: A Radical Story for Middle East Eye: Egypt's unfinished contest between authoritarianism and popular resistance. Shenker previously spoke at a Caabu event in Parliament.
On 20 April, Caabu hosted an event in Parliament on popular unarmed resistance in Palestine, with academic and co-author of Popular Protest in Palestine: The Uncertain Future, Marwan Darweish.
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A delegation of four British politicians visited the West Bank from 4-8 April in a delegation organised by Caabu and our partner Medical Aid for Palestinians. The delegation was led by the Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group, Richard Burden MP. The others were Lord Norman Warner, a former Health Minister and two Conservative MPs elected in 2015, Kelly Tolhurst and William Wragg.
Dr Neil Partrick, the lead contributing author of Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy: Conflict and Cooperation, addressed Caabu on the key themes in his book on Saudi Foreign policy particularly its relations with other Middle Eastern countries.
Caabu's Joseph Willits has published an article in the New Arab after the beginning of deportations of refugees and migrants from Greece to Turkey: EU's historic shame: sending refugees back.
On 22 March, Caabu hosted a briefing in Parliament with journalist and author Jack Shenker, ‘Egypt’s Revolution: Five years on’. The event was chaired by MP and Caabu board member David Jones.
Caabu is one of several organisations who are signatories to a statement calling on governments to stop to arms supplies to all parties in the current conflict in Yemen, and for a credible international mechanism to investigate allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law committed in Yemen.
