Jeff Halper presents his June 2025 update on the "situation " in Palestine/Israel. ICAHD, the organization that Jeff leads in Israel, has always been political. ICAHD has long resisted Zionist colonization "on the ground" with our Palestinian partners especially when working together regarding Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes. But on a higher political level, ICAHD is dedicated to the decolonization of Palestine, replacing Israel and its occupation with a civil democracy offering equal rights to all its citizens, enabling the return of the refugees, pursuing land redistribution and other forms of political, economic and social redress, and ushering in a new, shared post-colonial society.
ICAHD, however, stands relatively isolated in its political work. As Jeff lays out in his update, neither the Palestinians (since the rise of the collaborationist and repressive Palestinian Authority) nor the Israeli peace camp nor our international supporters have risen to the level of an effective political movement mobilized behind a political program. We are simply not part of the political game.
Jeff opens his update by discussing where we stand in the struggle against the Zionist settler colonial project and for Palestinian rights that includes a just and shared post-colonial future. He then goes on to suggest ways to address the political shortcomings.
At 25 minutes, this update is long but the struggle in which we are engaged is complex and requires analysis and strategy. We cannot communicate in soundbites. We hope you find Jeff’s presentation useful as he tried to present the Big Picture and that you will then please circulate it to your networks.