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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 – 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 »
Featuring news about ICAHD’s rebuilding camp for 2017, our Global Digital Photo Party for raising funds, an update on demolitions and other news, the Palestine Lobby of Parliament on 15th November, the EU’s response to BDS, a review of Israel and South Africa: The Many Faces of Apartheid ed. Ilan Pappe. Read October Newsletter
From the beginning of 2016 to mid-October, Israel has demolished 871 Palestinian structures, according to weekly totals from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), displacing 1351 people. These alarming figures provide further fuel for ICAHD’s campaign to end home demolitions. Why is this cruel policy of house demolitions allowed to continue? Around 20,000 Palestinians hold demolition… Read more »
– As partners of the Kairos Britain initiative, we wanted to highlight this years’ World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (18th – 24th September 2016) by encouraging our members in the Christian faith communities to share their experiences with you. Charlotte Marshall tells us about how the Kairos call came about and what Kairos Britain and… Read more »
