ICAHD’s Jeff Halper reviews what is happening in Palestine/Israel almost a week into the Gaza War. While we at ICAHD place great importance on critical analysis in finally reaching a just and inclusive political settlement, Jeff has asked us to acknowledge that his remarks are being made at a moment when Palestinians in Gaza face… Read more »
St Paul’s Church, Church Steet, Canterbury CT1 1NH Organised by ICAHD UK and East Kent Justice for Palestinians Further details are available from Maggs Mackechnie – email here No ticket required – turn up on the day. Tea and coffee available from 6.30pm Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT Further details are… Read more »
An update from Jeff Halper, Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) as he addresses what is happening with the dramatic protests within Israel. They began in January after Netanyahu took office and announced his judicial reform plan. Jeff describes the deep division between liberal Israelis and the right wing – “… it’s… Read more »
Jeff Halper’s book “Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism and the Case for One Democratic State,” originally published by Pluto Press in London, has now come out in Arabic, translated by Rania Filfil and Ata Qaymari, and already is in great demand amongst Palestinians. The book sets out the well-thought-out political plan of the One Democratic… Read more »
16 December 2022 Benjamin Netanyahu, due to return as Israel’s prime minister within the next few days, has one overriding concern: evading conviction and possible imprisonment in the three corruption cases for which he is currently being tried. After last month’s election in which the fascist settler party Religious Zionism won 15 seats –… Read more »
The most surprising thing about the Israeli elections is the surprise and “disappointment” expressed by liberal Zionists, in Israel and abroad. “How could this happen?” Shock at “the most right-wing government in Israel’s history.” As if anything has really changed except that Israelis no longer feel the need to dress up their settler regime in… Read more »
Following the corona hiatus in the work and lives of many of us, Jeff Halper has returned to the “campaign trail.” After a three-week tour of the UK in September, he departed in October for a month-long tour beginning in Italy (Turin and Milan) and continuing in the US. At this stage of the struggle… Read more »
Part of the team that was on the ICAHD UK stall at the Greenbelt festival in August. Jeff Halper, ICAHD’s Director, spent nearly three weeks in the UK on his first tour back here since the coronavirus pandemic stopped international travel and large gatherings. His programme facilitated the opportunity for Jeff to speak to many… 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 »
Israel is in the midst of a political stalemate. Bennett’s center-right government has resigned and new elections will be held in late October/early November. It doesn’t really matter who wins, certainly in terms of the Palestinian citizens of Israel and the colonized Palestinians of the Occupied Territory. They, like the Left (meaning the Zionist Left,… Read more »
