Members of ICAHD UK will be well aware of the extent to which allegations of anti-Semitism are commanding much attention at the moment. These are just part of the campaign to label any criticism of Israel or any concern about Zionism as anti-Semitic. We have sent our members copies of the memorandum which we sent… Read more »
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An Open Letter to JCB and its owners Anthony and Carole Bamford
ICAHD UK is a signatory to this open letter to JCB and its owners Anthony and Carole Bamford. We address this letter to you with some degree of urgency and with a hope that you will share our concern for justice and human rights worldwide. 4 July marks the anniversary of the 2018 preparations… Read more »
Living Under Occupation
A third report from an ICAHD member who is currently in Hebron with the Christian Peacemakers Team and reporting back on their experiences… The village of Um al Khair in the South Hebron Hills is still standing but Uncle Suleiman was slightly injured a few days ago when trying to stop bulldozers tearing out a… Read more »
More News from Hebron – ‘The Deal of the Century’
A second report from an ICAHD member who is currently in Hebron with the Christian Peacemakers Team and reporting back on their experiences… The drive out of Hebron takes you through a very beautiful city. A spacious road divided down the middle by lines of trees leads into an area of countryside that separates Hebron… Read more »
‘Popular Resistance in Palestine’ – Mazin Qumsiyeh
BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE! ICAHD UK, in partnership with the West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign, is proud to host Mazin Qumsiyeh, Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History, as part of his UK tour, at the Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT on Tuesday 23 July at 7.30pm. Mazin will… Read more »
Edinburgh Fringe Preview – Hebdon Bridge – Wed 10th July
On Wednesday 10 July, The Trades Club in Hebdon Bridge, West Yorkshire will be hosting a special preview of the Edinburgh Fringe shows of ICAHD UK’s Director, Daphna Baram, and the brilliant Isma Almas all to raise funds for ICAHD UK. Doors open at 8.00pm and tickets (for £8 plus a 10% booking fee) may… Read more »
Laughing for Palestine on the Edinburgh Fringe!
Following the huge success of the inaugural ‘Laughing for Palestine’ event on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year, ICAHD UK are excited to announce another exciting fund-raising event at this year’s Fringe. Headlined by Seann Walsh and featuring Maria Shehata, Gary Sansome, Sameena Zehra and Gavin Webster, the event will be MC’ed by Daphna Baram… Read more »
A Bedouin Feast – A Report from on the Ground in Hebron
An ICAHD member is currently in Hebron with the Christian Peacemakers Team and has sent the following report on their experiences… We were summoned quite suddenly – as is usual in these circumstances. The day before there had been multiple military vehicles, soldiers, border police and the Israeli Civil Administration, assessing, measuring, reporting. A… Read more »
Walter Wolfgang (1923-2019)
ICAHD UK would like to pay tribute, alongside many other individuals and organisations, to Walter Wolfgang who died on 29th May, aged 95. A life-long socialist and anti-war campaigner, Walter was also a member of ICAHD UK, and a great supporter. His family was persecuted under the Nazis so in 1937, when just 13 years… Read more »
Diana Neslan (Jews for Justice for Palestine) – Contribution to ICAHD UK Conference
Daphna asked me to speak because I grew up in apartheid South Africa and she wondered whether there were lessons from the experience of the ending of apartheid which could be applicable to the Palestine Israeli situation. It set me thinking both about the similarities between apartheid South Africa and the differences and about whether… Read more »