CADFA members and friends from Palestine (some of the Twinning in Action participants) visited our MP Keir Starmer to talk about the situation in Palestine and to ask for his support in the campaign for visa equality. This was underlined for us in this exchange - we've had so many problems and four people didn't get visas.

We argue that while Israel holds on to Palestinian land and builds on it on defiance of International law, the UK should either treat Palestinians like Israelis (no visas needed for UK) or Israelis like Palestinians (long, expensive and complicated UK visa system). Current UKBA rules reproduce the apartheid system drawn in Palestine by the Israelis. Keir agreed with the arguments and we hope for his help.