Jeff Halper’s blog following Greenblatt’s meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas – 20th March 2017 Trump has said he wants to make “the “ultimate deal”: brokering a peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Towards that end, last week he dispatched his Middle East peace envoy Jason Greenblatt to meet with Netanyahu and Abbas. Is there anything… Read more »
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Demolitions news, Feb 2017
Demolitions News, February 2017 – Palestinian Bedouin children are seen in the Khan Al-Ahmar encampment in the central West Bank. The Israeli Civil Administration distributed demolition orders to this village at the end of February 2017. Over the years ICAHD has highlighted the situation in Khan Al Ahmar and has taken many delegations to stand in solidarity with… Read more »
Jeff Halper – after Netanyahu’s meeting with Donald Trump
After Netanyahu’s meeting with Donald Trump Blogpost by Jeff Halper, 16 February 2017 I suppose I should chime in with my comments about yesterday’s meeting between Trump and Netanyahu. To be honest, my heart’s not in it. This is the first post I’ve put up in a month — since before the inauguration. It has… Read more »
Jeff Halper – Trump Brings Clarity
Trump Brings Clarity Blogpost by Jeff Halper, 19 Feb 2017 Well, as in an answer to my prayers, Trump has definitively cleared the air on Israel/Palestine: Israel has been given the green light to do anything it wants, just so it doesn’t embarrass the Administration. (Trump told Netanyahu a couple weeks ago to just build… Read more »
ICAHD UK Director – Person Specification
ICAHD UK DIRECTOR PERSON SPECIFICATION Leadership and management experience Knowledge of Israel’s history and the Occupation, and the work of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (its activity on the ground and the analysis of Jeff Halper). Knowledge of campaigns in the UK in support of human rights for the Palestinian people. Experience of witnessing… Read more »
ICAHD Director – Job Description
DIRECTOR – ICAHD UK ICAHD UK continues the work of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), which was registered in Jerusalem from 1997 to 2016 and now operates as a grassroots group. ICAHD UK is a membership organisation that is open to all concerned with respect of human rights and international law. It provides… Read more »
ICAHD seeks Director
ICAHD UK seeks Director with leadership and management experience. Knowledge of Israel’s history and the Occupation; the work of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions – its activity on the ground and the analysis of Jeff Halper; and the campaigns in the UK in support of human rights for the Palestinian people are essential…. Read more »
‘A Christmas present from the UN’ – Jeff Halper comments
We can win, but we have to be smart, strategic and pro-active Jeff Halper Wow, a Christmas present from the UN! 14 of the 15 members of the Security Council passed a pretty strong resolution against settlement construction — and against the demolition of Palestinian homes. The US was the odd-man out as usual, but… Read more »
ICAHD UK December News
Picture: A Palestinian man demolishes his own home in Jerusalem after receiving a demolition order related to a lack of proper permits. Picture credit: (File photo Sliman Khader/Flash90). The theme of the newsletter is ‘Think of Palestine This Christmas’, and it includes: Increasing pace of demolitions in 2016 Election of Donald Trump Jeff Halper on the… Read more »
Thoughts from Israel/Palestine, November 2016
Thoughts from Israel/Palestine, November 2016 – John Hastings-Thomson Some years ago someone coined the phrase “The Land that once was Holy.” As one sees the eight metre-high separation wall between Israel and the West Bank winding through the streets of Bethlehem, it is easy to be drawn in by that thought. To stand at Checkpoint… Read more »