Hebron – walking through the Old City Next ICAHD-recommended Study Tour: 4 – 14 November 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. ICAHD and the international chapters in the UK, USA, Finland and Germany recommend these… Read more »
Walking tour through Hebron’s Old City during earlier study tour in 2018 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… Read more »
In the month of December 2018, at least 38 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 56 people- including 23 children- and affecting a further 267 people, including 152 children (according to OCHA oPT). In the south of Israel, in the Naqab desert, a newly… Read more »
Demolitions in East Jerusalem 2018 was not an easy year for Palestine. Trump’s administration made its intentions clear and moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, signaling to Binyamin Netanyahu that business is to remain as usual in the business of occupation. The courageous March of Return in the Gaza, happening weekly along the border since… Read more »
In September 2003 explorations began with the idea of establishing a support group in the UK for the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, based in Jerusalem, and founded by Dr Jeff Halper and Dr Meir Margalit in 1997. ICAHD was appreciated because it represented a unique voice of the Israeli “left” that not only worked… Read more »
Comments by two recent study tour participants and new features included in the March 2019 study tour The Separation Wall that snakes through Bethlehem When retired Tribunal Judge Penny Wood applied to participate in the November 2018 Study Tour to Palestine/Israel, she wrote that she wanted to go to that part of the world because… Read more »
At least 63 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, during the month of November, displacing at least 42 people- including 19 children- and affecting a further 687 people, including 196 children. Inside Israel, in the Naqab desert, Israeli forces demolished the unrecognised Bedouin village al-Aragib for the… Read more »
A few spaces are still left for the ICAHD-recommended extended study tour of Israel and Palestine. The 2019 dates for the spring extended study tour are 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… Read more »
After ten days of building a community centre in the Jordan Valley, Harvesting Olives in the West Bank and touring Israeli and Palestinian areas, out volunteers share a bit of what they’ve learned and experienced 21 volunteers took part in the camp: One from the US, three Germans, Five from Finland, One Italian, One… Read more »
Haggai Matar, executive director of +972 Magazine, hosted by ICAHD UK, PSE UK and the NEU spoke at P21 Gallery in London on 22 November about Israel and the Palestinians two years into Trump’s administration ICAHD UK, with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign – UK and the National Education Union had the pleasure of hosting… Read more »
