THE Knighton Palestine Links group welcomed four teachers from Palestine last weekend. The teachers have come to the UK to meet other teachers visit local schools and find out more about education in the UK as well as telling teachers and pupils here about the difficulties faced in their own country. The teachers Ghadeer Mousa al Khateeb, Sireen Quran, Alaa Fayid and Adnan Hussein come from different parts of Palestine. When they arrived in Knighton they and those travelling with them joined members of the Knighton Palestine Links group for supper at the home of Trevor and Bev Lloyd.

In October 2015 Bev travelled to Palestine to help with the olive harvest at a small village called Burin near a town called Azzoun which is twinned with Knighton. This was the fifth time she had helped with the olive harvest but said "There were lots of problems this time with violence from illegal settlers. One of our group was injured by a rocks that was thrown and olive groves were set alight destroying many of them".

Palestinian head teacher Adnan Hussein said He liked everything about the UK adding everyone they had met during their visit had been so kind and welcoming. During their visit to the UK He said "We want to meet teachers and see how they teach, tell them what is like to teach in Palestine and hopefully arrange for some of the UK teachers to come to Palestine later in the year".

Janet Tulley one of the Knighton groups founder members has also visited Palestine on several occasions. On her last visit she met a lady called Maysa who has set up a cooperative in Azzoun, she makes beautiful embroidered garments and grows tomatoes. The group have been trying to get her to the UK for a visit so she can talk about her experiences but so far have failed because her visa has been blocked twice.

While in the area the Palestinians visited Knighton Primary school where they talked to children and staff and Gladestry primary school before travelling to Llanidloes where they visited the high school.