Letter published here. February 2020 We are Israeli groups and organizations, active against our government’s violations of Palestinian rights, which include dispossession, occupation, colonization, house demolition, torture and apartheid. We would like to thank Gaza 2020: Breaking the Siege (1) – a group of international activists, including members of parliament, who carried out a… Read more »
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Atta Jaber and his Family
You can support Atta, Rudina and their family by donating here Atta Jaber’s resilience is tested yet again For over thirty years, their entire married life, Atta and Rudina Jaber and their children have known nothing but oppression and cruelty from Israeli authorities and the extreme religious Jewish settlers from nearby Kiryat Arba in Hebron… Read more »
End Home Demolitions – Sample lobby letters
We welcome this long-awaited report which identifies 112 companies that are involved in business activities in settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territory which violate Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. To see the statement which includes a link naming the companies click here. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25542&LangID=E JCB bulldozers and pneumatic drills have been used to demolish… Read more »
The ICAHD UK Annual Conference 2020
Saturday 30 May 2020 at the Amnesty International UK Human Rights Action Centre, 25 New Inn Yard, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3EA 11.15am-5.00pm Since 1967, when Israel’s occupation began, more than 55,000 Palestinian homes and structures vital for living have been demolished in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza in violation of international law,… Read more »
January 2020 Demolition and Displacement Report
During the month of January 2020, at least 44 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 87 people- including 56 children- and affecting a further 205 people (according to OCHA oPT). In the Naqab desert, the entire Bedouin village of al-Aragib has been demolished three… Read more »
Rebuilding a Home: Organised by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions in partnership with the Good Shepherd Collective
Postponed Due to Covid-19 Pandemic Internationals who are participating in the Extended Study Tour from 2 – 12 November 2020, are invited to extend their stay to do something “hands-on”. Please consider returning to the South Hebron Hills, an area visited during the study tour, for between two to five days to stand alongside Palestinians… Read more »
ICAHD’s statement in response to Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’ – 29 January 2020
The Trump “Deal of the Century” is nothing if not predictable. The product of a small group of Orthodox Jewish Americans willingly adopting the long-standing plans of the Israeli right, it merely reaffirms what Israeli policy has in fact done “on the ground” over the past 53 years. In fact, we in ICAHD made a… Read more »
‘Where are we Headed in Palestine/Israel’ – A public meeting with Jewish Voice for Labour, London, 29th January
A CONVERSATION ON VISION, PLANS AND STRATEGY WITH JEFF HALPER Sponsored jointly by ICAHD UK and Jewish Voice for Labour Palestine/Israel remains on our minds no matter what else happens in the world. Not only does it represent a conflict that for decades has destabilized the entire Middle East and the wider international system, not… Read more »
‘One Democratic State in Palestine/Israel: It’s Time’ – A Presentation by Jeff Halper and Mohammad Sabaaneh
Thursday 30 January at 7.30pm at the Friend’s Meeting House, Hill Street, Coventry CV1 4AN. Jointly sponsored by ICAHD UK and Coventry Friends of Palestine Free admission, retiring collection to cover costs In this Powerpoint presentation, Jeff Halper and prominent Palestinian activist and award-winning political caracaturist Mohammad Sabaabeh argue that the Matrix of Control… Read more »
Jeff Halper on the US Killing of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani – 3 January 2020
The US killing of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani, hailed by Israel, only demonstrates the futility of Western military attempts to forge a Middle East conducive to its interests of oil and regional hegemony. It is a tragic game of the US, its Western allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia in which the peoples of the Middle… Read more »