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The Council for Arab British Understanding works to advance Arab-British relations through its support for international law, human rights and democracy. www.caabu.org

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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Middle East Minister Stephen Doughty MP pledges tougher line on Israel at Caabu/Action for Humanity @actionforhumanity.bsky.social Labour Party Conference Middle East Question Time www.caabu.org/news/news/mi...
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Middle East Minister Stephen Doughty MP pledges tougher line on Israel at Caabu/Action for Humanity Labour Party Conference Question Time
Middle East Minister Stephen Doughty MP pledges tougher line on Israel at Caabu/Action for Humanity  Labour Party Conference Middle East Question Time
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Thursday 1 October, watch as 14 young Palestinian journalists from across the West Bank screen their first news broadcasts — stories they've researched, filmed and presented themselves from Palestine. @britishcouncil.bsky.social supported the programme that trained these young journalists.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tonight (24 September) at 23:05, @c4dispatches.bsky.social, Britain's Gaza Secrets Exposed. With access to unpublished internal Whitehall documents, Dispatches reveals how the UK government responded to alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza. www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
See also coverage in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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British banks warned not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins
MPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E1 settlement in West Bank
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Britain-Palestine APPG warns banks & financial institutions about involvement in major Israeli E1 settlement project - that would divide the West Bank and forcibly displace Palestinian communities See letter from @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social & @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social caabu.org/news/news/br...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What should a progressive British approach to the Middle East look like? If you're at Labour Conference, join Caabu & @actionforhumanity.bsky.social for an important Middle East Question Time discussion 27 Sept 6pm inc with Middle East Minister @sdoughtymp.bsky.social & @emilythornberry.bsky.social
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
See B'Tselem's new report, The Elimination Project, detailing how Israeli is dismantling Palestinian collective life in the occupied West Bank while expanding Israeli control and Jewish presence. www.btselem.org/the_eliminat...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Confirmation from a journalist who asked FCDO following Caabu letter on the Golan Heights that the measures against the illegal Israeli settlements will apply equally to the illegal settlements on the Golan Heights and also to East Jerusalem.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Press Release: Caabu writes to UK Foreign Secretary about trade ban with illegal Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights www.caabu.org/news/news/pr...
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Press Release:  Caabu writes to UK Foreign Secretary about trade ban with illegal Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights
Press Release:  Caabu writes to UK Foreign Secretary about trade ban with illegal Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights 11 September 2026
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Caabu welcomes significant UK Government shift towards ending Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine See our press release: caabu.org/news/news/ca...
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Caabu welcomes significant UK Government shift towards ending Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine
Caabu welcomes significant UK Government shift towards ending Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine 9 September
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Caabu Press Release: Caabu welcomes UK ban on Israeli settlement trade in meeting with Foreign Secretary www.caabu.org/news/news/ca...
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Caabu Press Release:  Caabu welcomes UK ban on Israeli settlement trade in meeting with Foreign Secretary
8 September 2026
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Burnham should commit to the 5 Pledges for Palestine, through immediate policy changes and the comprehensive application of international law. See Caabu Campaigns and Communications Officer Malaka El-Gammal's article for Labour Outlook on this here: labouroutlook.org/2026/07/15/c...
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Burnham should commit to 5 Pledges for Palestine – Malaka El-Gammal
CAABU have drafted five policy pledges for Palestine that Burham must commit to.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
UK charities working in and on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, urge incoming Prime Minister @andyburnham.bsky.social to take urgent action to protect Palestinians facing an existential threat of erasure, and ensure that the UK meets its legal and moral obligations. caabu.org/news/news/uk...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
MPs demand that the UK Government bans trade and services with illegal Israeli settlements, in debate secured by Abtisam Mohamed MP. www.caabu.org/news/news/mp...
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MPs demand that the UK Government bans trade and services with illegal Israeli settlements
On 9 July 2026, a debate on the banning of illegal Israeli settlement trade took place in the House of Commons.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
WATCH: Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israel in the West Bank in 2025: Caabu briefing with B'Tselem www.caabu.org/news/video/w...
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WATCH: Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israel in the West Bank in 2025: Caabu briefing with B'Tselem
Caabu hosted an online briefing to discuss the latest report from Israeli human rights organisation, B'Tselem, Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israeli in the West Ba...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Do join us for this online Caabu briefing at 4pm today (UK time BST) with @btselem, discussing their report, Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israeli in the West Bank in 2025. Register here: www.caabu.org/events/caabu...
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Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israel in the West Bank in 2025: Caabu briefing with B'Tselem
Caabu invites you to an online briefing to discuss the latest report from Israeli human rights organisation, B'Tselem,
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 08/07/2026
Yet another poll showing how the protest movement has been very effective at shifting public opinion since 2023
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David Thomson @dcithomson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A YouGov opinion poll commissioned by @caabu.bsky.social shows that 50% of the British public believe that #Israel is committing #genocide in #Gaza. Only 17% believe Israel is not committing genocide. caabu.org/news/press-r...
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Caabu Press Release: 50% of the British population believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Caabu Press Release:  50% of the British population believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza7 July 2026A YouGov opinion poll commissioned by Caabu shows that 50% of the British public believe tha...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This was chaired by the Britain-Palestine APPG co-Chair, @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Britain-Palestine APPG briefing on how UK can learn frm settlement trade bans implemented in Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Spain. With @shahdhm.bsky.social, Gerard Jonkman of @therightsforum.bsky.social, @willemstaes.bsky.social of @cncd.be & Jessica Stober of Global Echo caabu.org/news/news/br...
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Britain-Palestine APPG briefing on how UK can learn from settlement trade bans implemented in the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and Spain
The Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group hosted an online briefing on how the UK can learn from settlement trade bans being implemented in the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and Spain on Tue...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
50% of the British public think Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, only 17% think it isn't. 55% believe the UK should no longer consider Israel an ally. 62% of Labour voters want a ban on settlement trade. See our poll: caabu.org/news/press-r...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Caabu Press Release: 50% of the British population believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Only 17% believe that Israel is not committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. See our polling: caabu.org/news/press-r...
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Caabu Press Release: 50% of the British population believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Caabu Press Release:  50% of the British population believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza7 July 2026A YouGov opinion poll commissioned by Caabu shows that 50% of the British public believe tha...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israel in the West Bank in 2025: Caabu briefing with B'Tselem. Join us for this online briefing on Thursday 9 July at 4pm (UK time BST). More details and registration here: caabu.org/events/caabu...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
and place economic sanctions on Israel for its continued and flagrant violations of international law, including crimes against humanity.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The British government has a legal duty to act to prevent genocide and it is imperative that it does act. The UK has an obligation to place a full arms embargo on Israel, including on F35 components, put a ban on trade with illegal settlements...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Caabu welcomes these findings from the UN Commission of Inquiry. However, these findings will mean nothing if governments do not act to end the genocide and ensure that the perpetrators will be held to account and that Palestinians see justice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children
Israel rejects the new report by the three-member expert panel, calling it a "libellous sham".
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Five immediate steps for a better UK policy on Palestine the next leader of the Labour Party and new Prime Minister should commit to. caabu.org/news/news/5-...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Join us on 22 June for this important briefing on Yemen with Baraa Shiban caabu.org/events/caabu...
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Yemen - in the shadow of regional conflicts: Caabu online briefing with Baraa Shiban
Caabu invites you to an online briefing, Yemen - in the shadow of the regional conflicts, on Monday 22 June 2026 at 18:00 (BST UK ti
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Andy McDonald MP @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Almost 100 MPs and Peers are urging Ministers to prevent the 'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' taking place in London this weekend. The govt has an opportunity to uphold obligations under international law and take action against Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.
Screengrab 1 of letter by MPs and Peers to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper regarding Great Israeli Real Estate Event in London.Screengrab 2 of letter by MPs and Peers to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper regarding Great Israeli Real Estate Event in London.Screengrab 3 of letter by MPs and Peers to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper regarding Great Israeli Real Estate Event in London.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Join us for this online Caabu briefing, Yemen - in the shadow of the regional conflicts, Monday 22 June at 18:00 (BST UK time), with Baraa Shiban a @rusi.bsky.social Fellow in International Security, & researcher & political analyst on Yemen & the Gulf. caabu.org/events/caabu...
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Yemen - in the shadow of regional conflicts: Caabu online briefing with Baraa Shiban
Caabu invites you to an online briefing, Yemen - in the shadow of the regional conflicts, on Monday 22 June 2026 at 18:00 (BST UK ti
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Melanie Ward MP @melanieward.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Funding illegal Israeli settlements is not charitable activity. It is extremist activity. Working with Israeli human researchers, I found at least 32 UK charities who have sent £28 million to settlements in recent years. There’s a likely taxpayer subsidy of at least £5 million through Gift Aid.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements www.caabu.org/news/press-r...
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Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements
Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements9 June 2026A total of 238 MPs have publicly expressed support for a full UK ban on tra...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Caabu statement on Superdrug stopping its sales of Ahava cosmetics from illegal settlements www.caabu.org/news/news/ca...
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Caabu statement on Superdrug stopping its sales of Ahava cosmetics from illegal settlements
Caabu welcomes the confirmation from Superdrug that it has removed Ahava, a skincare brand from its website, after suspected cosmetic ingredients, were seen at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
14/ International law is clear. The Israeli occupation is illegal. The UK must take necessary steps to bring an end to the occupation and ensure that Israel withdraws and relinquishes all control of the occupied state of Palestine and the occupied Golan Heights in Syria.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
13/ This AO also placed obligations on the UK and other 3rd countries. The UK government has failed to meet these obligations to take the actions required to end Britain’s assistance to the illegal occupation, and to help bring an end to the occupation.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
12/ Israel must adhere to the ICJ Advisory Opinion of July 2024, which stated that “Israel must withdraw its forces from all parts of the occupied territories... and remove all settlers...” www.icj-cij.org/case/186
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Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
11/ The UK government has a duty to ensure that Israel withdraws from the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights, and that it is not complicit in current settlement enterprise or expansion.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
10/ Israeli Ministers have even talked of re-establishing settlements in Gaza. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
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Israeli defence minister announces settlement plans in north Gaza
Seventy-five days into the truce deal, Israel has killed over 411 Palestinians and left more than 1,112 wounded
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
9/ Every day, Israel continues its attacks, land grabs, and forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. E.g. Between November 2023 – October 2024, Palestinians forcibly displaced by demolitions was 194% higher than the year prior. www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
8/ International and local Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups say that Israel operates a system of apartheid. www.btselem.org/publications...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
7/ The status of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem is inherently unequal to that of Jewish citizens, classed as “permanent residents”, rather than citizens, with Israel. They do not have the right to vote in Israeli elections.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
6/ The Golan Heights, West Bank, and Gaza remain under military occupation today. Palestinians in the West Bank outside of East Jerusalem have lived under martial law since 1967, dictating nearly every aspect of daily life.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
5/ Israel withdrew its settlements from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982 following the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty and from its settlements in Gaza in 2005 following a unilateral disengagement plan. (From the New York Times Web Archive)
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
4/ This remains in contravention of the 4th Geneva Convention which prohibits the transfer of people from an occupying power into the territory it occupies. The Rome Statute categorises this as a war crime. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat... ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
3/ Along with mass civilian displacement including of over 300k Palestinians from the West Bank & Gaza, Israel, more than tripled the area under its control. In the aftermath of the “Six Day War”, Israel established illegal settlements and moved settlers into these territories.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
2/ On 5 June 1967, Israel launched a surprise attack against Egypt and captured the Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, West Bank including East Jerusalem from Palestine, and Golan Heights from Syria.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
THREAD: 1/ 59 years ago, Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan Heights started. After almost six decades, this occupation has both expanded and intensified.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Our speakers included MAP’s former Deputy Director of Gaza Programmes Mahmoud Shalabi, executive producer of the BAFTA winning documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, @bendepear.bsky.social and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, @emilythornberry.bsky.social
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
On 1 June 2026, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) @medicalaidpal.bsky.social and Caabu hosted a reception in parliament focusing on the horrific and worsening situation in Palestine and Lebanon, and what parliamentarians must do to enforce tangible change. www.caabu.org/news/press-r...
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