Independent Jewish Voices (www.ijv.org.uk) are placing this advertisement in the Jewish Chronicle in the UK on May 9, 2008: 60 YEARS – WE WISH EVERYONE COULD CELEBRATE It is 60 years since the creation of the state of Israel, celebrated by most Israelis and many Jews around the world. But which Israel is being commemorated?… Read more »
UK Specific
Palestinian Wins Orwell Prize for Political Writing
Palestinian lawyer Raja Shehadeh has combined art and politics, his love of walking with his political activism and human rights, to produce a lyrical account of the changed and still changing West Bank countryside, and its effects on the lives of the Palestinian population, since Ariel Sharon declared in 1980 that he would “alter the… Read more »
Israel’s Royal Welcome
On April 7, Prince Philip will be hosting a dinner at Windsor Castle organised by the Jewish National Fund. They will be marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Israeli state. However this is not a private dinner. Nor is the JNF an ordinary organisation…… <img src="/wp-content/uploads/archiveimages/Honi soit.jpg" alt="Honi soit qui mal y… Read more »
Emergency in Gaza – Why the Siege Must Be Lifted – Now!
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, ICAHDis Advocacy Officer, delivered the following speech to a meeting at the Houses of Parliament on Monday, attended by MPs. She represented ICAHD at the meeting on a panel, which included Prof Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian General Delegate to UK, and three MPs. Angela was on the committee that organized the Israeli Convoy to… Read more »
ITV Does Good Job on Bethlehem Christmas
At 11.15 pm on Christmas Eve, the ITV broadcast a programme on Christmas time in Bethlehem as it is today, focussing on the Christian community living in Bethlehem. It will be broadcast again on Boxing Day at 12.15 am. The content gave on the whole a bleak depiction of the restrictions under which all residents… Read more »
Clare Short Introduces Middle East Peace Process Debate in Commons
Rt Hon Clare Short, MP, a member of ICAHD UK, and strong supporter of ICAHD’s work, tabled this debate in the House of Commons on 26th June. In her introductory speech, she highlighted the work of ICAHD. She described how she and her delegation were taken by an ICAHD representative for a day’s tour to… Read more »
Stop Arming Israel
Despite ongoing human rights violations and the UK governmentis own export guidelines, the UK has consistently licensed exports to Israel for range of military equipment. The notorious F-16 fighter jets and Apache combat helicopters used by Israel to bomb Lebanese and Palestinian town, and to maintain the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian Territories, rely on… Read more »
The Time Is Now
Just as I campaigned for boycotts against apartheid in South Africa many years ago, now I shall do so against Israeli apartheid, says Colin Green, who has recently been elected new Chair of ICAHD UK. EducationGuardian.co.uk, Monday, 11th June, 2007 The strong and hostile response from pro-Israeli groups, as well as the UK government fearful… Read more »
Imagine an England….
Imagine that we lost the war in 1945. What would life be like? Imagine that England is occupied and ruled by a _foreign power_. Imagine foreign soldiers in tanks and armoured cars patrolling our towns and countryside. Imagine foreigners with the correct credentials from all over the world coming to make their home in England… Read more »
Home Demolitions Continue Apace
Home demolitions are taking place NOW in A-Tur near the A-Zaim checkpoint and Maavar Zeitim (Terminal crossing), just above the Eastern Ringroad as it comes in to the tunnel from Maale Adumim. The home is a 2-storey building. We expect there to be more than one demolition today: near the current demolition site is the… Read more »