Watch Jeff Halper’s June 2024 Update here In Jeff Halper’s June video update, he speaks about Israel’s rescue of the hostages that happened on 8th June and the nature of what is going on in Gaza. Jeff explains that under international law, it is illegal to hold civilian captives however under the laws of war,… Read more »
Photo: Community centre, Idhna, Hebron, 16 May 2024 Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive 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 and in East Jerusalem, under exclusive Israeli authority, though prior… Read more »
The national demonstration remembered the Nakba which took place 76 years ago and it still ongoing. Demonstrators also continued their call for an immediate end to the genocide and for a stop to the UK’s arms trade with Israel. The annual Nakba Day commemorates the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians, three-quarters of the Palestinian population,… Read more »
Watch Jeff Halper’s May 2024 Update here In his May update, Jeff Halper considers the beginning of the Israeli invasion of Rafah which has led to the renewed displacement of some 350,000 Palestinians. This has resulted in an increase in protests, particularly amoung young people, with student protests streading from the United States into Europe,… Read more »
Photo: Al ‘Isawiya, East Jerusalem, demolished store, 16 April 2024, photo by OCHA oPT Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive 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 and in East Jerusalem,… Read more »
Originally published on the website of the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace – view the original article April 25, 2024 200 days. Let that sink in. 200 days this week of Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. In Gaza 40,000 murdered by Israel, more than 18,000 children,… Read more »
The Israeli army is ready and poised to go into Rafah and awaits the greenlight to proceed with the genocide. Having killed more than 34,000 Gazans, injured in excess of 77,000 and demolished 70% of the homes, Israel has also destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure which includes systematically dismantling the health care system. The war crimes and… Read more »
Mark your calendars and begin planning for the #StopSendingArms ‘Global Day of Action’ on Thursday, 2 May 2024. This day of action is for all those calling for a #CeasefireNOW to come together and show the strength and power of our collective global voice to call on political leaders to urgently end arms transfers to… Read more »
Watch Jeff Halper’s April 2024 Update here It’s a time of chaos; everything has turned over in the wake of the Gaza war; Israel can’t be “put back together again”. These are just some of the comments from Jeff Halper in his April update. Jeff says that Israel’s invasion of Gaza has gone out of… Read more »
Photo: Demolition of home in Jericho – 18 March. IMEMC Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive 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 and in East Jerusalem, under exclusive Israeli authority,… Read more »
