A further report by a member of ICAHD UK who is currently on the West Bank with the Christian Peacemakers Team. Ten days have now passed since the agonising house demolitions in East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Israeli troops and border police stormed the Wadi al-Hummus area of Sur Bahir in the early hours of July… Read more »
During the month of July 2019, at least 66 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 47 people- including 26 children- and affecting a further 7,952 people (according to OCHA oPT). All the demolitions and confiscations were carried out on grounds of lacking an Israeli-issued… Read more »
Saturday 21 September Part of a Series of Events Hosted By Derby PSC On Saturday 21 September, ICAHD UK’s Director, Daphna Baram, will be speaking at St Paul’s Church Hall, Seale Street, Chester Green, Derby DE1 3RT af 1.45pm on ‘Israeli Illegal House Demolitions: What’s Happening and What We Can Do About It?’ – part… Read more »
Wednesday 7 August 8pm – 10pm at The Lighthouse, 43-45 West Nicolson St, Edinburgh EH8 9DB If your in the Edinburgh area, come along to a dynamic double bill: Daphna Baram, Director of ICAHD UK; and Jane Dallas Ross, recently back from three months working with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in the Occupied Palestinian… Read more »
Dear [name of your MP] I am writing to seek your personal response on Israel’s recent demolition of seventy homes in the Palestinian village of Sur Baher and to ask you to approach the Foreign Secretary for his feedback regarding Israel’s ongoing demolition of Palestinian homes and the resulting forced displacement that are happening in… Read more »
As I write this the Israeli military is demolishing 70 homes — perhaps as many as 100 in the end — in an absolutely illegal action approved by Israel’s Supreme Court. Briefly, the Apartheid Wall coursing through the West Bank and East Jerusalem does not conform to any agreed boundary; it is built wherever Israel… Read more »
Ismail and his sons after they were dragged away from their home I am devastated. I spent the night in Sur Baher. I’ve seen with my owמ eyes how they demolished Ismail’s home/ A gentle man with kind eyes/ He planned every single detail in the house. “My dream home,” he said to me at… Read more »
A further report from our ICAHD member currently in Hebron with the Christian Peacemakers Team… After dark, the evenings are punctuated by fireworks and bin collections. The fireworks end around midnight but the bins may clank away into the early hours depending on the day. The earliest call to prayer begins around 4am followed by… Read more »
Don’t miss out because nothing compares to witnessing the situation on the ground! Palestinians have called us to stand with them by demonstrating this meaningful form of solidarity. At a time when accusations of anti-Semitism are being used to attempt to silence activists from speaking out about Israel’s violations of international law, we need to… Read more »
