Joseph Willits 🍉 🦩🦚🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇱🇧

An introduction of sorts I suppose!

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...

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...

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...

50% of British public think that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Only 17% think they're not. 67% of Labour voters. 55% believe the UK should no longer consider Israel an ally. UK needs an overhaul of policy @andyburnham.bsky.social caabu.org/news/press-r...

Join us at @caabu.bsky.social for this important briefing we're hosting with B'Tselem, to discuss their recent report on the systematic killings of Palestinian children and teenagers by Israel. Thursday 9 July, 4pm UK time (BST). More details and registration here: caabu.org/events/caabu...

Do join us at @caabu.bsky.social for this important briefing we're hosting with B'Tselem, who will be discussing their recent report on the systematic killings of Palestinian children and teenagers by Israel. Thursday 9 July, 2pm UK time (BST). Details & registration here: caabu.org/events/caabu...

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.

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...

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.

The Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar in Area C of the West Bank is at serious risk of forced displacement and destruction by Israel. Please watch, like and share this video. The UK Government must do more to save it. www.instagram.com/p/DYiJhyXq370/

The Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar is under threat of forced displacement and demolition by Israel, like many other communities across the West Bank. A THREAD See this video from Caabu's Head of Parliamentary Affairs, @josephwillits.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DYiJhyX...

The Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar in Area C of the West Bank is at serious risk of forced displacement & destruction by Israel. A community that has faced sustained attack from Israeli forces & settlers for many years. The UK must take action. www.instagram.com/p/DYiJhyXq370/

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon. You are being lied to

Join us this evening! caabu.org/events/caabu...

Do join us for this @caabu.bsky.social online briefing on the ongoing wars in the Middle East on Wednesday 8 April at 6pm (UK time BST), with @drhahellyer.bsky.social, @yezidsayigh.bsky.social and Negin Shiraghaei. Register here: caabu.org/events/caabu...

Join us at Caabu for this online briefing on the ongoing wars in the Middle East on Wednesday 8 April at 6pm (BST UK time) with Negin Shiraghaei, @drhahellyer.bsky.social, and @yezidsayigh.bsky.social. More details and registration here: caabu.org/events/caabu...

Britain-Palestine APPG Co-Chairs @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social and @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social demand further sanctions on Israel for death penalty law. caabu.org/news/news/br...

Please do continue to write to your MPs about Lebanon

The govt condemning Israel's death penalty law is welcome but this requires robust action. The bill is further evidence of the potential crime of apartheid. The UK should sanction those who have supported this bill and suspend the trade agreement with Israel.

We hosted an Eid Reception in parliament with @actionforhumanity.bsky.social. Grateful for contributions from Palestinian Ambassador, Husam Zomlot, @chris-doyle.bsky.social @othmanmoqbel.bsky.social, @julieelliottexmp.bsky.social, & for Chair @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social caabu.org/news/news/ca...

Over 1 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Lebanon by Israel, that’s 20% of Lebanon’s population. The Gaza playbook used throughout its genocide against Palestinians is becoming ever more apparent in Lebanon. Please write to your MPs www.instagram.com/reel/DWUJgka...

Write to your MPs on Lebanon. Please watch this from Caabu's @josephwillits.bsky.social encouraging you to do so. See this for more information: caabu.org/news/news/wr... Over 1 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Lebanon by Israel, 20% of the population. #lebanon

To friends and loved ones of mine, and all those celebrating, a blessed and joyous Eid to you and your loved ones. Eid Mubarak! www.instagram.com/p/DWHN0GGjBh... #eidmubarak

This is a perfect image as it shows the thing Israel is best at: destruction.

This letter calling for further sanctions on Israel and a total ban on all trade and interaction with illegal Israeli settlements has now been signed by 125 UK Parliamentarians. If your MP hasn't added their name, please do ask them to do so! caabu.org/news/news/11...

This Ramadan, let your sadaqa bring about lasting change. Donate strategically and help us continue this vital work and stand with Palestine. Give today and make a lasting impact. Support our advocacy here: www.caabu.org/news/news/ra...

"Caabu is needed more than ever" At our 7 March Iftar with @actionforhumanity.bsky.social in Manchester, @andyburnham.bsky.social, Mayor of Greater Manchester, reflected on his engagement with Caabu, and why, especially in our current political climate, Caabu's work remains so important.

An important call from civil society, demanding a total ban on imports of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements. Follows call from 119 UK Parliamentarians who called for a total ban on all trade and interaction with illegal Israeli settlements. Write to your MP! caabu.org/news/news/11...

No to Palantir. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

TODAY we with 20 UK, international & Palestinian civil society organisations wrote to the Government to demand a total ban on imports of goods produced in Israel’s illegal settlements. Full letter here: glanlaw.org/news/uk-gov-... The UK must turn statements on international law into action 🧵

Israel has introduced major legal changes to facilitate further confiscation of Palestinian land. I have joined MPs urging a total ban on trade with Israeli settlements and for further sanctions against settlers and settler groups. caabu.org/news/news/11...

119 UK Parliamentarians call for further sanctions on Israel and a total ban on all trade and interaction with illegal Israeli settlements in letter to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social following yet further illegal Israeli government measures in the occupied State of Palestine. caabu.org/news/news/11...

There are over 200 Israeli settlements, housing 750,000 settlers, in Palestine. The Israeli Cabinet has approved land registration which will dispossess thousands more Palestinians. The govt must impose meaningful sanctions that match the scale of Israel's illegal actions.

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts. Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir. This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Please do contact your MP, and if they've not added their name to this letter, encourage them to do so! caabu.org/news/news/11...

A new report by @pressfreedom.bsky.social finds that 2025 was the deadliest year for journalists since it began documenting killings more than three decades ago. Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024. Read the full report⬇️ cpj.org/special-repo...

Healthcare in Gaza should be protected under international law but has been destroyed by Israel. With aid prevented and patients trapped, I said UK diplomacy isn’t enough. And I asked what trade measures, arms controls, sanctions, and concrete consequences UK would deploy.

Labour’s strategy of claiming the Greens cannot win has echoes of the disastrous Caerphilly byelection in October, which the party lost to Plaid Cymru despite telling voters repeatedly: “Only Labour can beat Reform.” Please don’t fall for it. Vote Green. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We've launched a Ramadan appeal at @caabu.bsky.social Your donation helps us maintain direct pressure on MPs & ministers, to continue to push UK govt to start to hold Israel accountable for the ongoing genocide & its regime of apartheid against Palestinians. Please donate caabu.org/news/news/ra...

Your Ramadan donation helps maintain direct pressure on MPs and ministers, so that we can continue to push the UK government to start to hold Israel accountable for the ongoing genocide and its regime of apartheid against Palestinians. www.caabu.org/news/news/ra...

Peter Oborne speaking to Caabu about his book: Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza Watch the online book launch in full here: caabu.org/news/news/pe...

Do join us at Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) on Monday 16 February (6pm UK time GMT), for this event with Peter Oborne, who will be discussing his book Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza. More details and registration here: caabu.org/events/caabu...

The Commons is today due to debate the obligation to assess the risk of genocide in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. I expressed my disappointment at the time for this vital debate being shortened and the need for proper scrutiny.

Also giving @upscrolled.bsky.social a try. If you're also on there, let's connect! share.upscrolled.com/en/user/4640...