Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group

Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group

Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group is a bipartisan All-Party Parliamentary Group of Members of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The group's Chairman is Richard Burden, Vice-Chair is Crispin Blunt, and secretary is Brian Iddon. [http://www.jfjfp.org/indexfiles/index_BPAPPG1.htm Press Release, 5 June 2003] Jews for Justice for Palestinians] [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2201098.ece MPs meet Hamas and criticize embargo against Palestinians] The Independent]

Meeting with Hamas

Members of the PAPPG met with high-ranking Hamas officials in Ramallah, the West Bank, on 31 January 2007, violating British and international law. The PAPPG meeting with Hamas followed in the precedents of the European Union's contacts with Hamas [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-06-16-mideast_x.htm USA Today: Israel protests European Union contacts with Hamas] ] as well as Russia's [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/10/news/putin.php Russia on defensive over Hamas talks] ] and Germany's [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200506/20/eng20050620_191143.html Hamas reveals meeting with German official] ] , and preceded Turkey's official contacts with Hamas. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4724498.stm Turkey rejects Israeli criticism] ]

The Independent wrote that following the meeting the PAPPG issued a report that "said that the international embargo had stripped Hamas of any real accountability for its performance to the Palestinian people, caused widespread misery and hardship among Palestinians, and forced the Hamas government to look elsewhere for support, including Iran."

The group planned to meet with Palestinian Foreign Minister and Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, but were unable to because of factional violence.

Press release

In a press release issued in April 2004, Burden called United States President George W. Bush's support for Israeli withdrawal from contested territories an endorsement of "flagrant flouting of international law by Israel. Against this background, President Bush's claim that he still wishes to foster meaningful negotiations between the parties in accordance with the Road Map is meaningless twaddle." [http://www.miftah.org/PrinterF.cfm?DocId=3506 Blair must distance Britain from Bush's backing for Sharon Plan] Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group]

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