BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE! ICAHD UK, in partnership with the West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign, is proud to host Mazin Qumsiyeh, Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History, as part of his UK tour, at the Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT on Tuesday 23 July at 7.30pm. Mazin will… Read more »
On Wednesday 10 July, The Trades Club in Hebdon Bridge, West Yorkshire will be hosting a special preview of the Edinburgh Fringe shows of ICAHD UK’s Director, Daphna Baram, and the brilliant Isma Almas all to raise funds for ICAHD UK. Doors open at 8.00pm and tickets (for £8 plus a 10% booking fee) may… Read more »
Following the huge success of the inaugural ‘Laughing for Palestine’ event on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year, ICAHD UK are excited to announce another exciting fund-raising event at this year’s Fringe. Headlined by Seann Walsh and featuring Maria Shehata, Gary Sansome, Sameena Zehra and Gavin Webster, the event will be MC’ed by Daphna Baram… Read more »
An ICAHD member is currently in Hebron with the Christian Peacemakers Team and has sent the following report on their experiences… We were summoned quite suddenly – as is usual in these circumstances. The day before there had been multiple military vehicles, soldiers, border police and the Israeli Civil Administration, assessing, measuring, reporting. A… Read more »
This paper below was submitted by ICAHD UK to the enquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission into the allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. Details of the enquiry investigation may be viewed here. Summary 1. ICAHD UK recommends the Commission to define anti-Semitism at an early stage in its enquiry. We recognise… Read more »
During May 2019, at least 16 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 29 people- including 12 children- and affecting a further 121 people (according to OCHA oPT). All the demolitions and confiscations were carried out on grounds of lacking an Israeli-issued building permit. Most… Read more »
ICAHD UK would like to pay tribute, alongside many other individuals and organisations, to Walter Wolfgang who died on 29th May, aged 95. A life-long socialist and anti-war campaigner, Walter was also a member of ICAHD UK, and a great supporter. His family was persecuted under the Nazis so in 1937, when just 13 years… Read more »
Daphna asked me to speak because I grew up in apartheid South Africa and she wondered whether there were lessons from the experience of the ending of apartheid which could be applicable to the Palestine Israeli situation. It set me thinking both about the similarities between apartheid South Africa and the differences and about whether… Read more »
Breaking the Wall – How to Bring About Change in Palestine Activism and Solidarity, a Political Programme, or Both? Analysis, Debate and a View towards the Future
by Jeff Halper (March 31, 2012) Natche family home under threat of eviction by settlers, Beit Hanina. (Photo: Michael Salisbury) Driving Palestinians out of their homes in “east” Jerusalem is, as you can imagine, a dirty business. But its not terribly difficult. The Palestinians are a vulnerable population, poor (70% subsist on less than $2… Read more »
