Today, as Chair of the All Party Group on Palestine, I welcomed the positive outcomes of the London Meeting to Support the Palestinian Authority. But I’ve called for a full Peace Conference, involving Israel, to be held as soon as possible. The agreements made in London yesterday are an important step forward, and mark another significant movement in the right direction towards a united...
Today, Richard Burden MP, Chair of the Britain-Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group, will chair a Memorial Evening in London to commemorate the life of Yasser Arafat. The evening will be attended by H. E. Afif Safieh, Palestinian General Delegate to the UK. Speakers will also include Rajab Chamlakh, Head of the Association of Palestinian Community in the UK; Lord David Steel, Former leader of...
Richard Burden MP, Chair of the Britain-Palestine All-Party Group in Parliament today responded to news of the death of Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. Richard, a regular visitor to the region and an active campaigner for greater recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people, had met with Mr Arafat on several occasions during recent years. He said: Yasser Arafat was “Mr Palestine” for...