At least 23 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) in the month of August, displacing 14 people- including nine children- and affecting a further 111 people, including 55 children. In Southern Israel, in the Naqab desert, the unrecognised Bedouin village Al-Arakib was demolished for the 132nd time. All the demolitions… Read more »
ICAHD founder, Jeff Halper, on the recent “anti-Semitism” Frenzy As my Facebook friends well know, I am against all conspiracy theories and conspiracy thinking, which only serves to deflect our attention from real political issues and which dumbs us down. One of the most common of the conspiracy theories, of course, is that of… Read more »
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions – UK views with great concern Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s recent statement accusing Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn of antisemitism and saying his comments are comparable to those of racist politician Enoch Powell. It is unfortunate that Rabbi Sacks did not consider the implication of those false accusations on the Jewish… Read more »
All photos by Steve Best @SteveBest A line up of top comedians, headlined by Scottish star comic Frankie Boyle and titled Laughing For Palestine, reaped a fantastic success at the Edinburgh Fringe. The show, presented by ICAHD UK director comedian Daphna Baram, was sold out weeks before the fringe even started. Other comedians participating… Read more »
The 2019 dates for the spring extended study tour that we offer to internationals have been set for 18 – 28 March. This study tour is grounded in ICAHD analysis and offers unique time with Dr Jeff Halper, ICAHD’s Founder, who sets the scene by describing the current reality in Palestine/Israel within its historical and… Read more »
Dr Swee Ang is a British orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians. Here is her account of the events from 29 July when the Israeli Navy stormed the Freedom Flotilla al-Awda hijacked and diverted it from its intended course to Gaza to Israel. Dr Swee Ang The last leg… Read more »
This month, 53 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) displacing 97 people- including 55 children- and affecting a further 644 people, including 292 children. Inside Israel, 11 houses were demolished in Arab-Palestinian cities, displacing dozens of people, and in the Naqab desert, the unrecognised Bedouin village Al-Araquib was demolished for… Read more »
Jeff Halper writes: Here is a podcast of an interview i did yesterday for South Africa’s Salaamedia on the Jewish Nationality Law that has just passed. It makes the reality of Israeli apartheid explicit and official. No longer should we debate whether an apartheid regime rules between the Mediterranean and the Jordan Valley. It does…. Read more »
ICAHD’S chapters are on a run to raise money for bricks to be used for building a Community Centre in the Jordan Valley during the Build – Harvest – Learn Camp 20-30 October. At ICAHD UK we had put it as our goal to raise 10,000 pounds to buy the 10,000 eco-friendly mud bricks that… Read more »
March with ICAHD UK at the Together Against Trump National Demonstration – Friday, 13 July, 2pm London ICAHD UK will be joining the Palestine Bloc during the massive national demonstration against Trump’s politics of racism, war and hate. The event is organised by the Stop Trump Coalition and will end in a rally in Trafalgar… Read more »
