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Text only MAP Scottish Dinner - 24th October 2007       MAP held a dinner, hosted by MSP Pauline McNeill, convener of the Cross Party Group on Palestine, at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on the 24 th of October.     In attendance were Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, President of MAP, Suzy Wighton, former Scotswoman of the year for her work in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon in the 1980s, and Darrin Waller, MAP?s Director.   Professor Graham Watt opened the event, which saw an attendance of over 120, outlining; ?the ambition of MAP is based upon the conjecture that there is a much larger number of people in Scotland who are now more aware, more concerned and more prepared to make a contribution. We just need to connect with them?.   MSP Pauline McNeill spoke of ?the need to intensify political and financial support? to the ?amazing work that MAP does to ease the suffering of the Palestinian people?.   Baroness Helena Kennedy described how ?MAP is a way of giving voice to the terrible wrong taking place in that part of the world. Reminding people that humanitarian assaults are taking place there?.   MAP?s Darrin Waller spoke of his time working in Gaza saying how ?quite simply, this is occupation is collective punishment which affects every single aspect of life in the Gaza Strip. More than affecting every aspect of life, increasingly it is destroying every aspect of life. MAP is a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered Number 3038352 England. Charity Registration No. 1045315. Website Terms and Conditions

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