The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) joins dozens of other Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights organizations in condemning the Israeli government’s alarming designation of six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as “terror organizations” affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), classified by Israel, the United States and the European… Read more »
View our webinars held between May and October 2021 are available here View our webinars from January to April 2021 here Details of our future webinars are available here. With Awad Abdelfattah, Huwaida Arraf, Beth Miller, Jeff Halper, Robert Herbst, Michael Spath 13 December 2020 Co-sponsored by Indiana Middle East Peace, ICAHD USA, ICAHD UK,… Read more »
The webinars held in May, June, August, September and October 2021 are available here View webinars held in 2020 here Details of our future webinars are available here. With Jeff Halper and Salem Barahmeh 21 April 2021 View details – Watch recording With Uri Agnon, Atalya Ben-Abba and Haggai Matar 17 March 2021 View details… Read more »
ICAHD UK has opened a crowdfunding initiative to translate Jeff Halper’s important new book ‘Decolonizing Israel Liberating Palestine’ into Arabic. Please support this crucial work by visiting our Crowdfunding page here. The “story” of this project – why it’s important to support us – is simple and straightforward. Critical political texts, particularly on an issue… Read more »
1 September 2 September 4 September 5 September 7 September 13 September 14 September 30 September Summary Notes There are four categories of demolitions: Pu1nitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens in Area C… Read more »
The American withdrawal from military intervention in Afghanistan continues a broader American as well as European disengagement from the Middle East. Greater US energy independence and a shift on the part of Europe to Russian oil, fatigue among Americans over their “endless wars” in the region, and a perceived need to “pivot” to the challenge… Read more »
1. Rifka, did you grow up in a refugee family? Tell us about your family background. Yes, my father is from a forcibly displaced family from the village of Zarnouqa, located in the Ramleh district, and my mother is also from another forcibly displaced family from the village of Qatra, also located in the Ramleh… Read more »
On the run-up to COP26, ICAHD turns its attention to supporting the call for Climate Justice not Ethnic Cleansing. Israel’s settler colonial policy forcibly displaces the Palestinian indigenous population to then move in a Jewish population from other countries and for 120 years, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has been the Zionist agency that plays… Read more »
1. Going through your CV makes for impressive reading. Your many accomplishments indicate that you are strong and determined to work for a more inclusive democratic society. Tell us about your background. I was born into a Christian family in the Galilee in the small town of Pki’in which is 30 kilometres northeast of Acre…. Read more »
Map showing demolitions during August 2021 Map showing people displaced by Israeli demolitions during August 2021 Map showing people affected by Israeli demolitions during August 2021
