Writing to MPs and other interested parties can be an effective way of taking action to raise awareness of the situation in Palestine / Israel. ICAHD has prepared a number of sample letters which can be viewed via the links below. Contact details for your MP may be found here. Sample lobby letter to MPs… Read more »
Posts By: ICAHD UK
Sample lobby letter to MPs highlighting Israel’s repressive policies against Palestinians despite the current Coronavirus pandemic
Write to your MP about Israel’s repressive policies against Palestinians which continue with added cruelty during the coronavirus pandemic. (Sample letter posted 30 March 2020) Dear (MP), At this unprecedented time in history when we are battling the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, I write to inform you of the current reality for Palestinians who… Read more »
Palestine / Israel in a Time of ‘Plague’
Jeff Halper, Founder of ICAHD Although we are all understandably focused on the coronavirus crisis, the world goes on, and so does the Zionist colonization of Palestine. There were some brief hopes that the virus might aid in bringing some peace to the region. After all, oil prices have fallen making it hard for… Read more »
ICAHD UK’s Interview with Awad Abdelfattah
Can you tell us about yourself? Awad: I was born to a hard-working farming family in Kawkab, a village in the north of Palestine, today Israel. Since childhood, my father told me stories about its history. My family is one of those who survived the expulsion and the ethnic cleansing which the Zionist gangs carried… Read more »
ICAHD and the Palestine Solidarity Movement in Germany
Doris and Claus (ICAHD Germany) In Germany there are many local groups that work for a just peace in Palestine/Israel, most major cities have a group or two. On a national level there are a few committees of national organisations that speak up about Palestine/Israel, like Pax Christi (a Catholic organisation) or IPPNW, and… Read more »
Demolitions and Displacements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (Occupied Palestine Territory, OPT) and within the State of Israel during February 2020
42 Structures Demolished in OPT 3 Structures Demolished in Israel 78 People Displaced 191 Other People Affected
TAKE ACTION! Ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 225 on international law and trade with illegal Israeli settlements
TAKE ACTION! Ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 225 on international law and trade with illegal Israeli settlements. This is another way that constituents can inform their MPs about the issues that they care about. At the heart of this is that Israel is committing war crimes and our government is not calling… Read more »
February 2020 Demolition and Displacement Report
credit: ISM During the month of February 2020, at least 41 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 72 people- including 26 children- and affecting a further 191 people[1] All the demolitions and confiscations were carried out on grounds of lacking an Israeli-issued building… Read more »
Israeli army causes more destruction in Bardala
Our partner, the Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign (JVSC) sent news that on 4th February, Israeli forces “stormed the village” and closed the water wells the Israeli authorities claim to be illegal and destroyed the 700-meter water lines for farmers. Bardala is well-known to ICAHD. It was the location of our building camp in 2018 and… Read more »
Write to JCB and your MP following the UN’s release of the list of companies that work in Israel’s illegal settlements.
We welcome this long-awaited report which identifies 112 companies that are involved in business activities in settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territory which violate Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. To see the statement which includes a link naming the companies click here. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25542&LangID=E JCB bulldozers and pneumatic drills have been used to demolish… Read more »