The Stones Cry Out Delegation to Palestine and Washington DC Webinar led by ICAHD USA Co-Chair Dr Michael Spath The Stones Cry Out Delegation was made up of 23 church leaders and activists from 12 Christian denominations from all across the United States. They had a series of meetings with 17 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim… Read more »
Photo and videos – Stephen Sizer ICAHD UK was represented at the Greenbelt Festival in Kettering over August bank holiday weekend. We ran a stall in the Takeaway section which introduced punters to a range of organisations and issues and shared it with a marvellous team and dear friends of long-standing from Action Around Bethlehem… Read more »
Meeting held at SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG One country, one citizenship, one parliament and one shared civil society, in which the cultural, ethnic and religious identities of all the country’s peoples also find expression. What would such a state look like? Can de-colonizing Israel work? Members of the One Democratic State… Read more »
An Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) trip throughout the West Bank in Nov 2019 prompted actor/writer Norma Cohen to write her play KEY TO RETURN. Directed by Steve Tiller (OperaMachine), there will be a 75 min. staged reading + Q&A on Thursday 3rd Feb. at 6pm for 6:30 PM at P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton… Read more »
ICAHD UK is delighted to announce that our friend Mark Thomas is putting on a live-streamed show for us on August 11th, 2020. The original live show ‘Walking the Wall’ was performed in many UK theatres and filmed in 2011 and was followed by a best-selling book. ICAHD was involved in briefing Mark before he… Read more »
Within the state of Israel, communities in the Naqab (Negev) desert and the Galilee that are not officially recognized by Israel are termed unrecognized villages and as a result, they do not benefit from state support for basic services and infrastructure such as roads, water, electricity, schools and health clinics. Of the approximate 200,000 Bedouins in Israel, more… Read more »
Wednesday, 22 July 5 – 6.15pm (UK) 7-8.15pm (Jerusalem) Demolitions have spiked in recent weeks and it is important to understand what it behind Israel’s demolition policy which has resulted in around 55,000 Palestinian homes and structures vital for living being demolitions in the Occupied Palestine Territory of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and… Read more »
This webinar took place soon after Israel’s expected formal annexation of great swathes of the West Bank. As well as addressing the current reality on the ground, the bigger picture of settler colonialism versus occupation will be unpacked and there will be discussion about the move towards decolonisation. Avi Shlaim – Israeli historian, Emeritus Professor… Read more »
Photo: ICAHD – Clare Short at ICAHD UK Conference Former Labour politician, Clare Short has worked internationally with non-governmental advocacy groups across the developing world and has had long-standing interest in Palestine/Israel. She will be conversation with Awad Abdelfattah from the Galilee and Jeff Halper from Jerusalem. Awad is a political writer and former… Read more »
A CONVERSATION ON VISION, PLANS AND STRATEGY WITH JEFF HALPER Sponsored jointly by ICAHD UK and Jewish Voice for Labour Palestine/Israel remains on our minds no matter what else happens in the world. Not only does it represent a conflict that for decades has destabilized the entire Middle East and the wider international system, not… Read more »
