Wednesday 12th May 2021 5.00-6.15pm (UK time) with Jeff Halper interviewing residents from Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah The campaign concerning house demolitions and displacement continues on both the activist and political levels. Israel’s ongoing intention to Judaize all of historic Palestine has been relentless even during the Coronavirus pandemic that has had a devastating… Read more »
The extent of the destruction since 1948: at least 130,000 homes and other structures (farm buildings, reservoirs, mosques, community buildings, schools, etc.) In what became Israel during the Nakba of 1948 and in its wake: 52,000 homes, more than 530 entire villages, towns and urban areas.[i] The systematic demolition of Palestinian homes, mosques and other… Read more »
Protestors gathered at the Head offices of JCB World HQ on 15th December 2021, calling for JCB’s Directors to end sales of bulldozers to Israel. JCB exports equipment to its sole dealer in Israel, Comasco, who in turn have a contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defence. JCB’s bulldozers are used by the Israeli military… Read more »
JCB Bulldozers Make Life a Misery – An Article by Sharen Green Posted 12 October 2020 Bulldozers manufactured by British company JCB are making life a misery for Palestinian families. A tiny campaign to stop these crimes has become enormous – thanks first to ICAHD UK members and now to social workers and mental health… Read more »
Israeli Supreme Court Stays Eviction of Palestinian Family from East Jerusalem Home (Press Release on 6 August 2020) Eviction of the Sumarin family from Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, stayed after Israeli court declares it will hear their appeal Decision follows international campaign by Sumarin Coalition 69MPs had signed Early Day Motion 529, condemning the unjust… Read more »
Learn about the campaign through these recordings Watch a Recording of a Joint Meeting with UK Parliamentarians hosted by Stop the JNF and Partners The Sumarin Family and Ethnic Cleansing in East Jerusalem – 27 October 2020 ICAHD UK is playing a prominent role in the campaign that calls on the Jewish National Fund… Read more »
Protecting Palestinian Families is a campaigning group whose particular focus is on the effect of Israel’s policy of destroying Palestinian homes and livelihoods on children and their families. This campaign group operates under the umbrella of Stop the Demolitions. In detailed correspondence with NSPCC officers and Trustees, compelling reasons for dropping JCB as a donor… Read more »
Graphic footage of JCB bulldozers demolishing Palestinian property has been projected onto a wall next to the NSPCC’s London office to highlight that the NSPCC has accepted £5 million in donations from JCB despite the latter’s bulldozers being routinely used to destroy homes, water infrastructure and animal shelters. Olive groves are also ripped up. They… Read more »
Take practical measures to tell the NSPCC to stop accepting ‘dirty’ money from JCB: Write to the NSPCC The postal address for the NSPCC Head Office is: NSPCC Head Office, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH. Letters can also be emailed to help@nspcc.org.uk – please use the subject line to identify the… Read more »
Despite the cold, committed activists carefully participated in demonstrations on 6th April which focus on two of our campaigns within the UK. One calls for Britain’s largest children’s’ charity, the National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to sever its tie with the Bamford family who manufacture JCB equipment used in the demolition… Read more »