For over thirty years, their entire married life, Atta and Rudina Jaber and their children have known nothing but oppression and cruelty from Israeli authorities and the extreme religious Jewish settlers from nearby Kiryat Arba in Hebron who covet their land. The valley in which Atta and his neighbours live, though arid, produces much of… Read more »
Extreme religious settlers from Kiryat Arba in Hebron have again been targeting the Atta Jaber family as they intend to make life so difficult for them that they leave their beloved home. On the evening of 13th December settlers arrived outside the front door and called for the family to leave because their home is… Read more »
ICAHD UK Webinar – Wednesday, 6th January, 5-6.15pm (UK time) Atta Jaber and Hisham Sharabati spoke about the extraordinary challenges face by Palestinian farmers who live in the Hebron district where land confiscation and destruction of structures essential for living are a common occurrence. In a year when the deadly coronavirus has swept through… Read more »
For sixteen years I have walked at Nasser’s side. He was 20-years old when we first met. His youthful dream was to become a vet. Luckily that didn’t work out, otherwise – how could he have grown to become the one to document as a researcher of B’Tselem of the everyday injustices incurred in his… Read more »
Support Atta and tell his story [siteorigin_widget class=”Divider”][/siteorigin_widget] You can support Atta, Rudina and their family by donating here [siteorigin_widget class=”Divider”][/siteorigin_widget] Demolition on 25 September 2020 In our September Actions Bulletin, we paid tribute to Atta Jaber, from the West Bank, who has known nothing but oppression and cruelty from the Israeli authorities as… Read more »
On 6th September, ICAHD’s Jeff Halper visited Atta Jaber on his farm in the southern West Bank. It was Atta’s birthday but instead of cake, Jeff was served something much better – maklouba. Atta showed Jeff around the half acre narrow strip of farmland that runs along the main highway that he is allowed to… Read more »
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Atta Jaber and his Family On Wednesday, 21 st February 2018, the bulldozers of Israel’s “Civil” Administration (which it calls its military government over 7 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza) destroyed the farm of the Jaber family in the Baka Valley, near Hebron. Normally this would not be a notable… Read more »
Awdah Hathaleen is 24 years old and a collective member from Um al-Khair. He is an English teacher in his village, having studied English teaching methods at Hebron University. Awdah and his mother currently live in a house with a pending demolition order. Already, their house has been demolished twice before. Awdah has been a… Read more »
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] You can support Atta, Rudina and their family by donating here [siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Custom_HTML”][/siteorigin_widget] Atta Jaber’s resilience is tested yet again [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] For over thirty years, their entire married life, Atta and Rudina Jaber and their children have known nothing but oppression and cruelty from Israeli authorities and the extreme religious Jewish settlers… Read more »
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 »
