Me and the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee

In 2006, they stopped by for tea. 

Literally.

Annex: The Committee's visit programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel  The group consisted of: Malcolm Bruce (Chairman)  Quentin Davies John Barrett       James Duddridge John Battle         Ann McKechin John Bercow       Joan Ruddock Richard Burden Accompanied by:  Carol Oxborough (Clerk), Anna Dickson (Committee Specialist) MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2006 Jerusalem Briefing from Department for International Development and Foreign & Commonwealth officials Meeting with David Shearer, Head, UN Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), OPTs Ramallah Meeting with Rafiq Husseini, Chief of Staff to the Palestinian President  Roundtable with Palestinian businessmen: Mr Mazen Sinokrot (Chairman, Sinokrot Global Group) Mr Jihad al Wazir (Deputy Governor, Palestinian Monetary Authority) Mr Talal Nasser Eddin (Chairman and CEO Birzeit Pharmaceutical Group) Mr Mazen Jadallah (Director General, Palestinian Ministry of Finance) Meeting with Negotiations Affairs Department and Negotiations Support Unit Group 1: Meeting with Salaam Fayyad, Member of the Palestinian Parliament and former Minister of Finance Group 2: Meeting with Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)  Meeting with Hanan Ashwari, Secretary General, Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH); Janet Michael, Mayor of Ramallah; and Lanis Alami, Director of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2006 Northern West Bank (organised by UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)) Visits to Za'atara, Huwwarra and Beit Iba Checkpoints. Visit to Balata Refugee Camp. Meetings with UNRWA officials, school staff and pupils and the Balata Camp Popular Committee Visit to Awarta Checkpoint Visit to Deir al Hatab and meeting with village Women's Association Jerusalem Meeting with David Craig, Country Director, West Bank and Gaza, World Bank Meeting with John Kjaer, Head of Mission, European Commission, Jerusalem Meeting with British journalists based in the OPTs WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2006 Jerusalem Meeting with Amos Gill, Executive Director, Ir Amin Bethlehem Meeting with Jaad Isaac, Director, Applied Research Institute Meeting with Zahi Khoury, Palestinian businessman and Chairman of the National Beverage Company Jerusalem Meeting with Terry Boulata, lobbyist and advocate  Group 1 — Meeting with the EU Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUCOPPS) and the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) Group 2 — Meeting with the EU Temporary International Mechanism Team Civil Society Roundtable Andre Batarseh, East Jerusalem YMCA Rula Nesnas, Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC) Iman Hammouri, Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations Rania Kuttench, Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations Mazen Hashweh, Director of Resource Development, Welfare Association Dr Tawfiq Nasser, East Jerusalem Hospitals Network Abed Al Qader Husseini, Faisal Husseini Foundation Meeting with General Keith Dayton, US Security Co-ordinator  THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2006 Shilo Settlement Meeting with Yisrael Medad, Settler representative Jerusalem Meeting with officials from the Centre for International Development Co-operation of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MASHAV) Meeting with Nimrod Barkan, Head of Political Research Department and Daniel Taub, Deputy Legal Adviser, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tel Aviv Meeting with Ephraim Sneh, Deputy Defence Minister Meeting with Shalom Turgeman, Foreign Policy Adviser and Yoram Turbowicz, Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office Meeting with General Speigle, Chief Policy Adviser to the Defence Minister and Hagai Alon, Adviser on Palestinian Issues, Ministry of Defence Meeting with human rights and civil society organisations: Economic Cooperation Foundation B'Tselem International Women's Commission Peace Now ^