Background | Day-School Conference | All Events | Resources Every year Palestinians mark the Nakba – “catastrophe” in English – when in 1948 around 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel. 500 villages were destroyed in a premediated campaign, and their inhabitants never allowed to return. …
We wish everyone a very happy holiday. To stay up-to-date with developments in Palestine please visit our facebook and twitter pages (which you can also see on our website palestinecampaign.org). Update With each passing month the situation for the Palestinians gets worse. More homes are demolished. More settlements are built. Yet our government does next to nothing to …
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WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 2016 Question concerning Palestinian Authority Television – tabled by Lord Polak: – Lord Polak: What representations have HMG made to the Palestinian Authority following the broadcast of programmes on official Palestinian Authority television encouraging violence against Israeli citizens? I give notice to the House of my non-financial registered interest as president of CFI. – …
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Today, the interim Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign will address a side-panel of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the issue of Israeli home demolitions. Sara Apps will speak about the rise in home demolitions in the West Bank during 2016, and call on states to focus on what they can do to …
Debate in Westminster Hall 2.30-4.00, 15.3.16: Local Government – Ethical Procurement The full text can be found at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm160315/halltext/160315h0001.htm#16031557000002 continued at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm160315/halltext/160315h0002.htm You can watch the whole debate on Hansard video at: http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/713a75dd-f279-42c3-9847-e2d2bd401fa5 Below is a report with extracts [ <> ] In a 90-minute debate in Westminster Hall, chaired by Gary Streeter, MPs debated …
A summary of what was said in Parliament about Palestine week beginning 14 March. If you want to find out what your MP has said/done about Palestine, please search for their surname in our search button on our homepage. WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2016 Questions to DfID Secretary: – Ruth Cadbury: What recent representations has she made …