September 2017 Demolition and Displacement Summary

Posted September 29, 2017, by & filed under Apartheid, House Demolitions, ICAHD reports, Monthly Demolition Report, News.

Image: Home demolition in Silwan, ocuppied East Jerusalem. Ma’an News Agency   By Noga F. In comparison to the month of August, September 2017 saw a slight decrease on the average number of weekly demolitions of Palestinian homes and business across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and within Israel itself. While appearing to be a… Read more »

July 2017 Demolition and Displacement Summary

Posted July 27, 2017, by & filed under Apartheid, House Demolitions, ICAHD reports, Monthly Demolition Report, News.

Al-Issawiya Demolition. Image Credit: PNN By Noga F.   Following a decrease in Palestinian demolitions by Israeli forces during the holy month of Ramadan, the month of July marked a return to the standard dozens of Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes.   Building permits are nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain from Israeli authorities and… Read more »

June 2017 Demolition and Displacement Summary

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Al-Araqib demolition. Image Credit: MEMO By Noga F. As a result of the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and structures practically ceased during June 2017. Unfortunately, whilst this appears to be a positive development, no change in policy had occurred, and the end of Ramadan will likely bring a return to… Read more »

Demolition and Displacement Summary May 2017

Posted May 31, 2017, by & filed under Apartheid, Communities demolished, House Demolitions, News.

Demolition in al-Tur. Source: Ma’an News   By Noga F. The month of May brought sorrow to many Palestinian families as Israeli forces conducted seven separate demolitions across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) on 4th May alone. In Tel al-Sabi in southern Israel, Bedouin citizen of Israel, Salman Abu Sabila, had his home demolished for… Read more »

Laurie’s Story: Reflections on the ICAHD Summer Rebuilding Camp 2015

Posted April 18, 2017, by & filed under Apartheid, Communities demolished, House Demolitions, Personal Experiences.

ICAHD Rebuilding Camp participants next to the Israeli Apartheid Separation Wall.  Arriving in Jerusalem to join the ICAHD 2015 Summer Rebuilding Camp was an experience I shall not forget. I travelled with some hazy notions from my father who served in Palestine after the 2nd World War, and from my grandmother who visited as part of… Read more »

Jeff Halper – Trump Brings Clarity

Posted February 20, 2017, by & filed under House Demolitions, News.

Trump Brings Clarity Blogpost by Jeff Halper, 19 Feb 2017 Well, as in an answer to my prayers, Trump has definitively cleared the air on Israel/Palestine: Israel has been given the green light to do anything it wants, just so it doesn’t embarrass the Administration. (Trump told Netanyahu a couple weeks ago to just build… Read more »

“Palestine, Year Zero” – article by Einat Weizman

Posted November 8, 2016, by & filed under House Demolitions.

– Photo: Gadi Dagon To stage a play in Israel about the Palestinian Nakba and the systemic destruction of Palestinian homes is to breech a taboo and challenge a deeply entrenched culture of repression and denial. It was no surprise then that news about the play “Palestine, Year Zero” was not well received by Israel’s… Read more »