June 2017 Demolition and Displacement Summary

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

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 »

Steadfastness in the Jordan Valley – Three years since the Khalet Makhul demolitions

Posted September 14, 2016, by & filed under Bedouin, Communities demolished, House Demolitions, ICAHD reports, Personal Experiences.

Water collected in barrels

The 16th of September 2016 will mark three years since the village of Khalet Makhul was demolished, and so we thought it a good opportunity to raise awareness of this community, by highlighting a report from one of the families who have steadfastly remained to share a little of their story: At 05:00, morning of 16th… Read more »