Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group
Richard is Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group which seeks to foster good relations and understanding between Britain and Palestine and to promote a just and durable peace in the Middle East.
Richard has had an active interest in this region since writing his university dissertation and visits the area at least once a year to see for himself the situation on the ground and to meet key players. Richard regularly speaks on this issue in Parliament as well as writing articles and commenting on developments. This section of his website has these articles available to download as well as any press releases issued.
The secretariat of the APPG is managed by the Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding. Their website is www.caabu.org.
Articles on the Middle East
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Ehud Barak at Labour Party Conference (30 September 2009)
Ehud Barak at Labour Party Conference - The appearance at Ehud Barak at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton this week has attracted widespread disapproval. Last night I presented Mr Barak with a copy of the Britain-Palestine APPG report of...
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Parliamentary group welcomes UN Gaza report findings (18 September 2009)
UN Goldstone Report - The report of the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict heading up by Justice Richard Goldstone has been released today – ahead of its presentation to the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva on...
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Palestine Delegation Report (20 May 2009)
Earlier this year, in the immediate aftermath of Israel’s attack on Gaza, I led a delegation of MPs on a visit to the region to survey the impact of the conflict. The situation we encountered in Gaza was appalling. Over...
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DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal
Over 120 Members of Parliament have expressed their astonishment at the BBC’s refusal to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee Gaza Crisis Appeal. Today I tabled a motion in the House of Commons with the support of 122 MPs from across...
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UK Parliament debates Gaza crisis (15 January 2009)
The UK Parliament today debated the ongoing military attacks on Gaza. You can read a copy of Richard's speech online here. Ahead of the debate Richard said: ‘Israel's continuing massive military strikes on Gaza are an outrage. We are...
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Gaza needs a real ceasefire
‘Gaza needs a real humanitarian lifeline and an immediate end to attacks, not just a three hour break in violence’, Richard Burden MP has said today. Responding to the halt of Israeli military operations for three hours earlier today Mr...
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Stop the slaughter in Gaza
The continuing slaughter in Gaza is an outrage. The international community has to make clear that respecting its calls for a ceasefire is not simply an optional extra for those launching attacks on either side. International humanitarian law must be...
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It is time for this madness to stop
Earlier this week, I wrote a short piece about why the international community should no longer allow the Israeli blockade to continue its slow strangulation of Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it is causing. Barely had I finished writing when...
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Christmas Eve in Gaza
On Christmas Eve, I received the following bulletin about Gaza from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Jerusalem (www.ochaopt.org). The Gaza crossings have been closed completely for eight consecutive days including for humanitarian supplies....
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We need to embrace new thinking to secure peace in the Middle East
Richard Burden MP, Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group, has today called on President Peres, the next Israeli Prime Minister and President Elect Obama to embrace new thinking to secure peace and justice in the Middle East for...
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