By Jeff Halper, ICAHD Director (13 August 2015) In two weeks this summer, between July 19-August 3rd, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) built a beautiful, four-room home for the Fhadat family of the West Bank town of Anata, complete with a stone fence and garden! Much of the funding for the home… 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
ICAHD have worked with Atta Jaber and his family since they suffered their first home demolition in 1998 – rebuilding two of his homes after they were destroyed by the authorities and in local arson attacks – and we wish to spread their story of peaceful resistance far and wide. In this 5 minute video you… Read more »
– The former Fhadad family home, only partially rebuilt after being self-demolished. This house rebuilding project, the 12th such camp carried out by ICAHD, ran from July 19th – August 3rd 2015. Twenty international volunteers from Finland, USA, Germany, UK, Australia supported by Palestinian and Israeli activists with a Palestinian team of professional builders, created… Read more »
PO Box 2030 Tel: +972-(0)54-303-9170 E-mail: jeff@icahd.org 91020 Jerusalem, Israel Website: www.icahd.org PRESS RELEASE For immediate release 19th July 2015 The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) has launched its thirteenth annual Rebuilding Camp on Sunday, 19 July, 2015. Twenty-four volunteers from around the world are joining with Palestinians and Israelis to rebuild… Read more »
ICAHD UK send our warmest congratulations on the 6th rebuilding of Beit Arabiya to Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh (Beit Arabiya is their family home), to Jeff Halper and everyone else at ICAHD; and we send particular thanks and congratulations to 85 young people brought together from around the world for a Global Youth Festival by… Read more »
Beit Arabiya, home of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, has risen from the ruins of its demolition for the fifth time in thirteen years. More than two hundred people gathered in the West Bank town of Anata to celebrate the rebuilding of Beit Arabiya, home of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh family. Since 1998, this home has… Read more »
FIRST OF FIVE HOUSES TO BE REBUILT DURING ICAHD iS 8TH ANNUAL SUMMER REBUILDING CAMP On Sunday, August 1st, 2010, ICAHD will dedicate the home of the Hamdan family of Anata, demolished twice by the Israeli authorities for ilack of a building permiti and rebuilt twice by ICAHD volunteers from Israel and abroad, together with… Read more »
There were some UK participants on the 2010 Rebuilding Camp happening now in Anata, Jerusalem. Days were hot and work was hard, but people found the camp a life-changing experience. Read a blog by a UK participant here Below are some impressions from the first days of the camp from three participants. From Tim: This… Read more »
This year we, the participants of ICAHD`s 2010 work camp, will be rebuilding the home of the Hamdan family: the parents Youssef and Ouda and their four children, Mohamed, Kassem, Saja and Hasma. The Hamdan home, located in the Jerusalem section of Anata, was first demolished in 2005 for lack of a building permit (which… Read more »
