Liberal Democrat statement on the current situation in Palestine
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Layla Moran MP has issued the following statement on the escalating violence in Palestine and Israel.
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Layla Moran asks urgent question on Palestine
Liberal Democrat MP and foreign affairs spokesperson, Layla Moran has succeeded in getting the Speaker of the House of Commons to agree to her asking an urgent question on the state of affairs in Palestine.…
Global Protests in support of Palestinians
From New York and London to Karachi and Rabbat, thousands of people have gathered in big cities across the world to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza. Demonstrators on Tuesday also rallied to denounce the…
Israeli government’s demolition of Palestinian homes & property seizure challenged
Lib Dem Peer Baroness Hussein-Ece asked the British government what they were doing about the removal and property seizure of Palestinians in Khirbet Humsa Al Baqai’a in Palestine. This was the UK government’s response: The…
Medical Aid for Palestinians – Spring 2021 Magazine
The latest edition of the MAP magazine is out now In this edition of Witness, you can read about how donors have helped make a real impact on the lives of Palestinians. You can hear…
War on Want Report on Palestine
The charity War on Want have produced a report on the Israeli military courts in Palestine. The paragraph below is taken from the introduction. You can see the full report . Israel’s military occupation ofPalestinian…
Israeli Court rejects the appeal of 31 people ordering them to evict their homes in East Jerusalem in favor of settlers
A report from PEACENOW On 3 March 2021 the court ruled that the families should vacate their homes by August 1st, 2021. Three weeks ago, the same court rejected another appeal, of 6 other families from four homes…
Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group briefing on COVID-19, vaccines and deepening inequalities in the occupied Palestinian territory
The All Party Group held a session on 1st March and have published a video of the session which you can access here. Here is some of the information the group sent out. Some of…
Balfour Project – virtual conference
Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law: 25/26 May In May the Balfour Project is holding a virtual conference on two consecutive afternoons, focusing on the rule of law—international, and as it operates, or…
Parliamentarians oppose de facto annexation of West Bank
442 Members of European Parliaments and Members of the European Parliament from 22 European countries and from across political parties have written to the European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell urging support for measure…
Palestinian Elections – a discussion
A discussion hosted by Yachad (Together for Israel Together for Peace), on Wednesday 17 March at 7 pm The last elections to take place were 2006, with their results rejected by the international community, leading…
The Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network
The Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network – make friends, build solidarity, inspire hope. The Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network (BPFTN) is a membership body bringing together autonomous groups who share a common aim:…