Writing to MPs and other interested parties can be an effective way of taking action to raise awareness of the situation in Palestine / Israel. ICAHD has prepared a number of sample letters which can be viewed via the links below. Contact details for your MP may be found here. Sample lobby letter to MPs… Read more »
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Sample lobby letter to MPs highlighting Israel’s repressive policies against Palestinians despite the current Coronavirus pandemic
Write to your MP about Israel’s repressive policies against Palestinians which continue with added cruelty during the coronavirus pandemic. (Sample letter posted 30 March 2020) Dear (MP), At this unprecedented time in history when we are battling the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, I write to inform you of the current reality for Palestinians who… Read more »
Palestine / Israel in a Time of ‘Plague’
Jeff Halper, Founder of ICAHD Although we are all understandably focused on the coronavirus crisis, the world goes on, and so does the Zionist colonization of Palestine. There were some brief hopes that the virus might aid in bringing some peace to the region. After all, oil prices have fallen making it hard for… Read more »
ICAHD UK’s Interview with Awad Abdelfattah
Can you tell us about yourself? Awad: I was born to a hard-working farming family in Kawkab, a village in the north of Palestine, today Israel. Since childhood, my father told me stories about its history. My family is one of those who survived the expulsion and the ethnic cleansing which the Zionist gangs carried… Read more »
ICAHD and the Palestine Solidarity Movement in Germany
Doris and Claus (ICAHD Germany) In Germany there are many local groups that work for a just peace in Palestine/Israel, most major cities have a group or two. On a national level there are a few committees of national organisations that speak up about Palestine/Israel, like Pax Christi (a Catholic organisation) or IPPNW, and… Read more »
End Home Demolitions – An Introduction
ICAHD takes as the main focus of its resistance Israel’s policy of demolishing Palestinian homes, both in Israel and in the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT). A key element of judaization,” of transforming Palestine into the Land of Israel, is the demolition of Palestinian homes and entire communities. During the Nakba when the state of Israel… Read more »
Demolitions and Displacements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (Occupied Palestine Territory, OPT) and within the State of Israel during February 2020
42 Structures Demolished in OPT 3 Structures Demolished in Israel 78 People Displaced 191 Other People Affected
Monthly Demolition and Displacement Reports
February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017… Read more »
Categories of Home Demolitions
ICAHD estimates that about 52,000 Palestinian homes were demolished in the Naqba and more than 55,000 in the Occupied Territory since 1967, based on information gleaned from the Israeli Ministry of Interior, the Jerusalem Municipality, the Civil Administration, OCHA and other UN sources, Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, ICAHD’s… Read more »
TAKE ACTION! Ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 225 on international law and trade with illegal Israeli settlements
TAKE ACTION! Ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 225 on international law and trade with illegal Israeli settlements. This is another way that constituents can inform their MPs about the issues that they care about. At the heart of this is that Israel is committing war crimes and our government is not calling… Read more »