ICAHD Volunteers from the UK, US, Italy, Finland and Germany have hit the ground in Jerusalem on 21 October, for ICAHD and Torat Tzedek’s Building, Harvesting and learning camp. They spent their first three days in Palestine with ICAHD founder Jeff Halper building a community centre at the north of the Jordan Valley. Taking advantage… Read more »
At least 29 structures were demolished by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) in the month of September, displacing 51 people- including 23 children- and affecting a further 79 people, including 54 children. In addition, two families from East Jerusalem self-demolished their homes. Inside Israel, in the Naqab desert, Israeli forces… Read more »
ICAHD UK highly recommends participation in these unique issue-based study tours, so if you haven’t been, why not join the next study tour scheduled for March 2019! No amount of reading, attending lectures or watching films can convey a genuine understanding of the facts on the ground compared to being there. Political analysis will be… Read more »
Following the great success of Laughing For Palestine With Frankie Boyle at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the summer, ICAHD UK announces a new stand-up comedy fundraising event, this time in London, om Monday 8 October, at 8pm, with headliner Alexei Sayle and a brilliant line up of comics. All proceed go towards future activities of… Read more »
At least 23 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) in the month of August, displacing 14 people- including nine children- and affecting a further 111 people, including 55 children. In Southern Israel, in the Naqab desert, the unrecognised Bedouin village Al-Arakib was demolished for the 132nd time. All the demolitions… Read more »
ICAHD founder, Jeff Halper, on the recent “anti-Semitism” Frenzy As my Facebook friends well know, I am against all conspiracy theories and conspiracy thinking, which only serves to deflect our attention from real political issues and which dumbs us down. One of the most common of the conspiracy theories, of course, is that of… Read more »
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions – UK views with great concern Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s recent statement accusing Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn of antisemitism and saying his comments are comparable to those of racist politician Enoch Powell. It is unfortunate that Rabbi Sacks did not consider the implication of those false accusations on the Jewish… Read more »
All photos by Steve Best @SteveBest A line up of top comedians, headlined by Scottish star comic Frankie Boyle and titled Laughing For Palestine, reaped a fantastic success at the Edinburgh Fringe. The show, presented by ICAHD UK director comedian Daphna Baram, was sold out weeks before the fringe even started. Other comedians participating… Read more »
The 2019 dates for the spring extended study tour that we offer to internationals have been set for 18 – 28 March. This study tour is grounded in ICAHD analysis and offers unique time with Dr Jeff Halper, ICAHD’s Founder, who sets the scene by describing the current reality in Palestine/Israel within its historical and… Read more »
Dr Swee Ang is a British orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians. Here is her account of the events from 29 July when the Israeli Navy stormed the Freedom Flotilla al-Awda hijacked and diverted it from its intended course to Gaza to Israel. Dr Swee Ang The last leg… Read more »
