Photo credit: Amer Aruri, B’tselem Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens in Area C and in East Jerusalem, under exclusive Israeli authority, though prior to the existence… Read more »
By Jeff Halper, ICAHD Director (13 August 2015) In two weeks this summer, between July 19-August 3rd, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) built a beautiful, four-room home for the Fhadat family of the West Bank town of Anata, complete with a stone fence and garden! Much of the funding for the home… Read more »
Diana, you were born in Canada. What identity did you grow up with? As the daughter of immigrant parents, I knew – and was made acutely aware – that I was not white; that I was from a different place, but that I was born in Canada. In Canada, there is a lot of veiled… Read more »
Write to your MP about Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, and the major Israeli illegal settlements, on 1st July. Dear (MP), I am writing because of my commitment to social justice where everyone, despite their race, gender or creed, can live in freedom, with dignity, and where… Read more »
With the signing of an agreement with Benny Gantz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally got a government that gives him the two things he most coveted: immunity from prosecution in his three corruption cases, and a mandate to annex large swathes of the West Bank, Israel’s “settlement blocs,” finally expanding Israel’s borders from the… Read more »
Michael Spath, of ICAHD USA, interviewed Dr. Jeff Halperand Awad Abdelfattah, the two leaders of the One Democratic State campaign in Israel, in a Zoom webinar on Thursday, April 23. A recording of this webinar may be viewed via this link. The following password will be required to view the webinar: 8D$=IKS2. Awad Abdelfattah… Read more »
Photo credit: Iyad Hadad/B’tselem Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens in Area C and in East Jerusalem, under exclusive Israeli authority, though prior to the existence… Read more »
Writing to MPs and other relevant parties (local media, religious bodies, organisations) can be an effective way of taking action to raise awareness of the situation in Palestine / Israel. ICAHD responds to events by preparing sample letters which can be viewed via the links below. These are simply tools to guide you and it… Read more »
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 »
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 »
