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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding)
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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.

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We're hiring!

We're looking for an Education and Scholarships Coordinator, a joint role between the Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu) and the Amjad & Suha Bseisu Foundation.

Deadline 7 December. More details below.

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December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Senior Parliamentarians write to Foreign Secretary about Israeli restrictions on Palestinian, Israeli and international NGOs

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November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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80 Parliamentarians demand UK government act to stop Israel's settler violence and forced dispossession of Palestinians in communities like Umm al Khair

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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Denying entry to British MPs shows how far Israel will go to cover up what is happening in the West Bank.

See Caabu's press release on Israel's denial of entry to Dr Simon Opher MP @simonforstroud.bsky.social and Dr @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social on a Caabu delegation.

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September 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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BBC Coverage of Gaza: Does it meet its editorial policy on accuracy and impartiality?

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August 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The UK Government's actions on Palestine are still at odds with public opinion and international law. When will it impose a total arms embargo on Israel, economic sanctions and a complete ban on trade with settlements?

See our latest @yougov.co.uk poll here:
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July 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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16 NGOs including Caabu called on the UK government to end its complicity in violations of Palestinian rights and help bring the occupation to a rapid end, marking a year since the ICJ issued its Advisory Opinion that Israel’s entire presence in the OPT is unlawful.

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July 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Caabu's Malaka El-Gammal explains the background to the UK government's failure to publish its response to the ICJ opinion on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory, and why 112 politicians have demanded in a Caabu letter why this must happen.

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July 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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112 Parliamentarians demand UK Government publish response to International Court of Justice

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July 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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An important online Caabu panel discussion on Monday 23 June at 6pm (UK time BST) on war in the Middle East with expert speakers Jasmine El-Gamal, Azadeh Moaveni, Dr H.A. Hellyer and Daniel Levy.

More details and registration here: caabu.org/events/caabu...
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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96 UK Parliamentarians demand sanctions on Israel for war crimes against Palestinians

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June 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Urgent appeal for Alaa Abd el-Fattah and Laila Soueif to Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act immediately.

We are gravely concerned for imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and prisoner of conscience Alaa Abd el-Fattah and his mother Laila Soueif www.caabu.org/news/news/ur...
May 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Join our friends at Shubbak from 23 May - 15 June across London and beyond for Shubbak Festival 2025, highlighting art as a site of connection and transformation, with an insistence of art in the face of crisis.

Find out more and book tickets here:
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May 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Our friends at @palartcol.bsky.social are delighted to bring one of the biggest gatherings of Palestinian artists in Europe this year, in partnership with Shubbak Festival, from 26 May – 1 June, supported by @amnestyuk.bsky.social.

Book your ticket here: www.theatrotechnis.com/whatsonto
May 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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See our statement on a recent denial of entry to a UK Parliamentary delegation:

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April 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Join us at Caabu on Thursday 27 March at 1pm UK time (GMT) for this online discussion with journalist and writer @rachelshabi.bsky.social about her book, Off White: The Truth About Anti-Semitism, moderated by @emhilton.bsky.social.

More details and registration here:
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March 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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25 Egyptian and international organisations including Caabu sent a letter to British Foreign Secretary David Lammy calling on the British government to raise the pronounced human rights crisis in Egypt with the UN Human Rights Council.

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February 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Caabu submitted written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee inquiry on Palestine, highlighting key issues like Israeli settlements, apartheid and genocide, the humanitarian situation, ICC, ICJ and recognition of the State of Palestine.

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February 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Over 230 global civil society organisations including
@caabu.bsky.social wrote to governments producing F-35 jets like the UK demanding them to stop arming Israel.

Governments must be held accountable for the F-35 programme and complicity in Israel’s crimes in Gaza.

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February 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Over 60 MPs & peers wrote to the Secretary of State for Business & Trade Rt. Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP calling for a ban on Israeli settlement goods, as the UK already recognises that settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law.

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February 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Over 440 people inc Caabu's Director Chris Doyle & Head of Parliamentary Affairs Joseph Willits have signed a letter demanding UK & int pressure on Israel following an Israeli police raid on the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem

See the full list of signatories here:
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February 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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On day 137 of her hunger strike, Caabu met with Laila Soueif, as her son British-Egyptian writer, Alaa Abd el Fattah is still unjustly imprisoned in Egypt.

We reiterate Laila's call to #FreeAlaa, and urge British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy to secure his release.
February 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Caabu, War on Want, @icjpalestine.bsky.social, Global Legal Action Network, Campaign Against Arms Trade, and Action for Humanity wrote a joint letter to the UK Foreign Secretary, disappointed with the consistent failure to engage with serious concerns on arms transfers

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February 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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A group of UK Parliamentarians have written a joint letter to British Prime Minister, asking for increased pressure to be put on the Egyptian government to release British-Egyptian Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

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#FreeAlaa
January 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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As Israel legislated a ban on all UNRWA operations in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, Caabu Director @chris-doyle.bsky.social wrote to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, calling for the UK to take action if Israel proceeds with this disastrous step.

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January 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM