ICAHD UK Webinar – Wednesday, 24 February, 5 – 6.15 pm (UK time) with Meir Margalit & Munir Nuseibah Palestinians living in East Jerusalem do not enjoy the same provision of municipal services ranging from schools, road infrastructure, to garbage collection as their counterparts in West Jerusalem. Following the start of Israel’s occupation of East… Read more »
Photo: Bir al Maskoob / B’tselem 1 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 11 January 12 January 17 January 20 January 21 January 25 January 26 January 27 January 28 January Overall Monthly Totals Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of… Read more »
Members of Joudi’s family in their new home Due to the coronavirus pandemic, ICAHD’s plans for its 200th rebuilding project needed to be altered. The original proposal was to hold a rebuilding camp for internationals in November 2020. Participants would join with Palestinians and Israelis who refused to be enemies in this act of political… Read more »
Photo: Youth of Sumud – Al-Wadi Al Ahmar, Jordan Valley, 28th January 2021 On Friday, 29th January, our Demolition Update on ICAHD’s Facebook pages announced that 23 structures had been demolished, which displaced seven people (making them homeless) and with another 542 Palestinians lives affected during just two days of demolitions in the West Bank…. Read more »
1. I understand that you are part of the Nuseibah clan, one of the oldest Muslim families in Palestine. Can you tell us about your family background? It is widely believed that the Nuseibah family has lived in Jerusalem since the 7th century except for the period when Jerusalem was occupied by the European Crusade… Read more »
By Dr Martin Kemp UK Palestine Mental Health Network First published in Middle East Monitor, 12 January 2021 The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is Britain’s largest children’s NGO. It is under pressure to renounce its relationship with J C Bamford Excavators Ltd (JCB), a manufacturer of building machinery,… Read more »
‘A powerful and convincing case – a must read for anyone looking for fresh ideas of how to end the long and bloody conflict in Palestine’ – Ilan Pappe, Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter Jeff Halper and chair Yasmin Alibhai Brown have… Read more »
Photo credit: Site of the demolition in a-Zar’i (Za’atrah) community photo by ‘Amer Aruru, B’tselem Demolitions & Displacement in the occupied West Bank (including occupied East Jerusalem) and within the state of Israel December 2020 Report 1 December 3 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 12 December 15 December 17 December 21 December 24… Read more »
Extreme religious settlers from Kiryat Arba in Hebron have again been targeting the Atta Jaber family as they intend to make life so difficult for them that they leave their beloved home. On the evening of 13th December settlers arrived outside the front door and called for the family to leave because their home is… Read more »
ICAHD UK Webinar – Wednesday, 6th January, 5-6.15pm (UK time) Atta Jaber and Hisham Sharabati spoke about the extraordinary challenges face by Palestinian farmers who live in the Hebron district where land confiscation and destruction of structures essential for living are a common occurrence. In a year when the deadly coronavirus has swept through… Read more »
