Understanding the ‘conflict’ as a settler colonial struggle allows us to build a holistic path toward a liberated society for Palestinians and Israelis. By Awad Abdelfattah and Jeff Halper – Published in +972 Magazine on 10 December 2019 The very title one gives to a phenomenon often determines how it can be understood and what… Read more »
News
November 2019 Demolition and Displacement Report
During the month of November 2019, at least 63 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 141 people- including 71 children- and affecting a further 431 people (according to OCHA oPT). In the Naqab desert, the entire Bedouin village of al-Aragib has been demolished twice… Read more »
A Personal Reflection on the November 2019 Extended Study Tour
November 2019 Study Tour participant, Kathleen Zimak, has given us permission to share her personal letter that she wrote upon her return home. Dear Friends and family I returned from Tel Aviv last night after completing a political study tour of Israel and Palestine with a group drawn from a variety of backgrounds including a… Read more »
The Trump Administration’s Unilateral Declaration on the Legality of Israeli Settlements
Some Thoughts by Jeff Halper, ICAHD Founder (28 November 2019) The Trump Administration’s recent reversal of policy, now declaring unilaterally that Israeli settlements are not “inconsistent with international law” demonstrates nothing more dramatic than the bankruptcy of American foreign policy — though in fact that previous American governments took virtually the same position. They may… Read more »
Bristol talk: Displacement and Demolition in Palestine: What Can The International Community Do
Bristol Friends: Please Join us this Saturday at ARC 27 Broad St, Brostol BS1 2HG for a talk by ICAHD UK’s Director Daphna Baram, hosted by Kairos community, Bristol: Demolition and Displacement in Occupied Palestinian Territory – What Can the International Community Do? Saturday 30 November 2019 at 3.00pm ARC 27 Broad Street, Bristol BS1… Read more »
October 2019 Demolition and Displacement Report
During the month of October 2019, at least 49 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 80 people- including 41 children- and affecting a further 218 people (according to OCHA oPT). All the demolitions and confiscations were carried out on grounds of lacking an Israeli-issued… Read more »
September 2019 Demolition and Displacement Report
During the month of September 2019, at least 47 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 78 people- including 16 children- and affecting a further 1,096 people (according to OCHA oPT). All the demolitions and confiscations were carried out on grounds of lacking an Israeli-issued… Read more »
Laughing for Palestine in Leeds: Sunday 17 November 2019
Get Your Tickets Here ICAHD UK are proud to announce that our latest Laughing for Palestine event will open the Leeds Palestine Film Festival. Headlined by the wonderful Gavin Webster, the evening will feature Gary Sansome, Isma Almas and Seymour Mace and will be MC’ed by our very own Daphna Baram. Promising to be… Read more »
Dates for your Diary
National Demonstation calling for Ceasefire Now! Stop the Genocide in Gaza From Russell Square to Trafalgar Square. Jewish Bloc assembling at the Great Russell Street end of Bloomsbury Square Gardens, WC1A 2PJ at 11.45am
A Response to Israel’s September Elections
By Jeff Halper (18 September 2019) A few quick take-aways from yesterday’s election in Israel: 1. Netanyahu is out. His only hope of avoiding prison was to get immunity from the Parliament, and without a majority of 61 (the Likud/right bloc got only 55-56) that is impossible. Either the Likud will go into a… Read more »