A new report by UNOCHA has been released which highlights the extent to which Israel’s settlements and roads in the West Bank have reduced the Palestinian territory to enclaves, with a resultant huge socio-economic impact on the Palestinian population. The report states that the West Bank cannot sustain the ongoing increase in illegal Israeli settlers,… Read more »
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Ex-Mossad Chief Calls for Recognising Reality of Hamas
As Tony Blair began his mission yesterday to Israel/Palestine as the Quartet’s Peace Envoy, the BBC Today programme broadcast an interview with Efraim Halevi, former Head of Mossad for four years, in which Jeremy Bowen reported that Halevi “believes that the demand for the recognition of Israel by Hamas should go, because Hamas is a… Read more »
London, 10th Oct: Vigil in Support of Legal Challenge on UK Sale of Arms-Related Equipment to Israel
Support Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and Al Haq in their challenge of the UKis sale of arms-related equipment to Israel on Wednesday 10th October, 9:30am to 11:30am, at Royal Court of Justice, The Strand, London WC2 A full public hearing will be held before the UK High Court of Justice in London on 10 -11… Read more »
NOT ONLY TERRITORY, BUT VIABILITY
On paper, the headlines sounded promising, even stirring. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, it was reported, told Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at their meeting in Jericho that he would push for the establishment of a Palestinian state as “fast as possible” on _the equivalent to 100 percent of the territories conquered in 1967._ The Palestinians,… Read more »
Reflections on the 2007 Summer Camp by Our Director
Last week, I returned from participating in ICAHDas summer camp and I am still finding it hard to adjust to life back in England. During my few days there, my emotions went to such extremes, reminding me of a piece of elastic being stretched in every direction, so that even now I feel thin and… Read more »
Summer Camp Off to a Great Start!
Internationals from the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Italy and Canada gathered on Saturday for the beginning of the 2007 ICAHD summer camp. For the next two weeks, the participants will work alongside Israelis and Palestinians as they rebuild a home for the Hamdan family, who had their house demolished by an Israeli bulldozer on 21 November… Read more »
We’ve made it at last! We’re mentioned in the Daily Mail!
Daily Mail readers up and down the country will hopefully be aware of ICAHD now, thanks to Clare Short,member of ICAHD UK, and the following piece about her in Ephraim Hardcastle’s political and business personality gossip column in the newspaper on Friday, 29th June. It’s just a shame that the person who “leaked” the story… Read more »
Clare Short Introduces Middle East Peace Process Debate in Commons
Rt Hon Clare Short, MP, a member of ICAHD UK, and strong supporter of ICAHD’s work, tabled this debate in the House of Commons on 26th June. In her introductory speech, she highlighted the work of ICAHD. She described how she and her delegation were taken by an ICAHD representative for a day’s tour to… Read more »
Stop Arming Israel
Despite ongoing human rights violations and the UK governmentis own export guidelines, the UK has consistently licensed exports to Israel for range of military equipment. The notorious F-16 fighter jets and Apache combat helicopters used by Israel to bomb Lebanese and Palestinian town, and to maintain the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian Territories, rely on… Read more »
Horrific demolitions in the village of Attir Im el Hiran
On Monday, 25th June, the Israeli Government demolished 25 homes of Bedouins in the Negev, leaving over 150 men women and children homeless in the scorching desert. The government of Israel moved the family of Abu el Qian away from their ancestral lands in 1956, and placed them where they are now n in the… Read more »