Hilary Smith – Sheffield PSC, Stop the Demolitions Tom Anderson – Shoal Collective/Corporate Watch, Stop the Demolitions Annie O’Gara – Sheffield PSC, Protecting Palestinian Families, Stop the JNF Sharen Green – Protecting Palestinian Families, ICAHD UK with Monica Wusteman – ICAHD UK This ICAHD UK webinar built on the previous one, a recording of… Read more »
Many of our followers will have heard of Gisha – the Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement, an Israeli human rights organisation promoting the right to freedom of movement for Palestinians, especially those living in the Gaza Strip. However, the story behind its founding isn’t widely known. Can you tell us about your background? I… Read more »
Jeff Halper – 29 October 2020 As an Israeli, I should feel happy and more secure after Trump’s brokered “normalization” between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain and now Sudan. But his brand of transactional diplomacy leaves one feeling uncomfortable that such an achievement happened without resolving any of the underlying issues. Now all diplomacy is… Read more »
ICAHD UK is playing a prominent role in the campaign that calls on the Jewish National Fund not to evict the Sumarin family from their home in East Jerusalem. The next step is to provide a meeting with MPs and their researchers so that they can engage directly with some of the key players. We… Read more »
A MAJOR children’s charity has accepted millions of pounds from a company under the spotlight for the destruction of Palestinian homes. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has received £5 million from JCB which has been reported to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. It emerged yesterday that a UK… Read more »
In response to 71 British MPs protesting to the Israeli government over the Jewish National Fund’s efforts to expel the Sumarin family from their home in East Jerusalem, the Israeli embassy in London has claimed that the decision on this is not in the hands of its government, stating “ The Government of Israel is… Read more »
Bulldozers manufactured by British company JCB are making life a misery for Palestinian families. A tiny campaign to stop these crimes has become enormous – thanks first to ICAHD UK members and now to social workers and mental health professionals. Protecting Palestinian Families began by approaching JCB in March last year (2019). Co-owner Lady Carole… Read more »
2 September 6 September 8 September 10 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 18 September 22 September 23 September 24 September 29 September 30 September Overall Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions:… Read more »
Protecting Palestinian Families and ICAHD UK Supporters of Palestinian human rights have held a vigil outside a JCB facility in Farnham, Surrey. They are demanding that major children’s charity NSPCC stop accepting donations from the giant company. Organiser Mayonne Coldicott said she had travelled to Palestine with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. “It’s… Read more »
The ODSC is a Palestinian-led campaign for a single democracy over all of historic Palestine in which ICAHD has been involved from the start. It is a natural extension of ICAHD’s traditional position because ICAHD is a political organization working for the end of Zionist settler colonialism and the establishment an inclusive state, not merely… Read more »
