by Jeff Halper Until Operation Protective Edge, most of the “messaging” regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, certainly that which broke through the mainstream media, came from the Israeli side. Since Zionism’s official beginnings in Palestine some 110 years ago, the Jewish community, whether the pre-state Yishuv or constituted as the state of Israel, never took… Read more »
Cody O’Rourke and Jeff Halper While the kidnapping of three Israeli settler youth in early June unleashed two military operations, Operation Brothers’ Keeper in the West Bank and Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, what emerged out of the destruction, killing and suffering was the stark realization that Israel has nowhere to go politically. Having… Read more »
How Israel Undermines International Law Through “Lawfare” by Jeff Halper Operation Protective Edge was not merely a military assault on a primarily civilian population. As in its previous “operations” (Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Pillar of Defense in 2012), it was also part of an ongoing assault on international humanitarian law (IHL) by a… Read more »
In the midst of Israel’s attempt to end Palestinian armed resistance in Gaza as it did in Operation Defensive Shield in the West Bank in 2002, Palestinian Israeli and international activists continue their non-violent resistance to Israel’s Occupation. For the twelfth year activists of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) will rebuild a… Read more »
Interview with Jeff Halper – director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions [video:video:https://www.youtube.com/v/6gZdvTq9p5Q%26fs=1%26rel=1%26showsearch=1 width:600 height:400 align:center]
Netanyahu must stop the immoral demolition of West Bank homes Once again, Israel’s High Court is serving as the feeble echo of the defense establishment. Haaretz Editorial – Jul. 6, 2014 – 6:00 AM | 1 The Israel Defense Forces rushed to destroy the house of Ziad Awad, suspected of murdering an off-duty policeman, after… Read more »
In the end, the unsustainability of warehousing Palestinians will force the hand of the international community. The Israeli government, so strong it does not know when to stop, will lead us to that moment. By Jeff Halper The kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli youths in the West Bank has unleashed a military operation marking… Read more »
June 21, 2014 The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) applauds the decision of the Presbyterian Church USA to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola, three US companies that profit from Israel’s military occupation. The General Assembly’s decision of June 20th comes 30 years after it divested from corporations complicit in South Africa’s… Read more »
ICAHD to Dr. Gregor Gysi and Die Linke – Please do not Support Israel’s Apartheid! Dear Dr. Gysi, Dear members and supporters of Die Linke, We are Israeli citizens, active against our government’s policies of occupation, colonialism and Apartheid. We have been active for human rights and peace for many years within our… Read more »
Cody ORourke, ICAHD/CPT TEL RUMEIDA, Palestine – With only a sliver of their land left to protect, having their entire lot of land encircled by Israeli settlements, Faryel and Arwa Abu Haikal climbed over a pile of rubble and boulders and stopped the Israeli bulldozer from shearing further into their property, dumping their… Read more »