Palestinians are experiencing a tightening grip over nearly every aspect of their lives. Demolitions and displacements are at record numbers as Israel seeks to solidify its control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Construction of settler housing units races ahead; brutal settler attacks increase; 230 Palestinian children have been arrested since the beginning of… Read more »
This book is dedicated to 24-year-old Harun Abu Aram, who was shot through the neck at close range by an Israeli soldier on 1 January 2021. Harun had been trying to prevent the occupation forces from confiscating an electricity generator in his village of Ar-Rakeez in Yatta, South Hebron Hills. As villagers tried to rush… Read more »
ICAHD estimates that about 52,000 Palestinian homes were demolished in the Naqba (Source: Walid Khalidi, All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2006) and another 56,500 in the Occupied Territory since 1967, based on information gleaned from the Israeli Ministry of Interior, the… Read more »
Wednesday 12th May 2021 5.00-6.15pm (UK time) with Jeff Halper interviewing residents from Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah The campaign concerning house demolitions and displacement continues on both the activist and political levels. Israel’s ongoing intention to Judaize all of historic Palestine has been relentless even during the Coronavirus pandemic that has had a devastating… Read more »
The extent of the destruction since 1948: at least 130,000 homes and other structures (farm buildings, reservoirs, mosques, community buildings, schools, etc.) In what became Israel during the Nakba of 1948 and in its wake: 52,000 homes, more than 530 entire villages, towns and urban areas.[i] The systematic demolition of Palestinian homes, mosques and other… Read more »
Protestors gathered at the Head offices of JCB World HQ on 15th December 2021, calling for JCB’s Directors to end sales of bulldozers to Israel. JCB exports equipment to its sole dealer in Israel, Comasco, who in turn have a contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defence. JCB’s bulldozers are used by the Israeli military… Read more »
JCB Bulldozers Make Life a Misery – An Article by Sharen Green Posted 12 October 2020 Bulldozers manufactured by British company JCB are making life a misery for Palestinian families. A tiny campaign to stop these crimes has become enormous – thanks first to ICAHD UK members and now to social workers and mental health… Read more »
Israeli Supreme Court Stays Eviction of Palestinian Family from East Jerusalem Home (Press Release on 6 August 2020) Eviction of the Sumarin family from Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, stayed after Israeli court declares it will hear their appeal Decision follows international campaign by Sumarin Coalition 69MPs had signed Early Day Motion 529, condemning the unjust… Read more »
Learn about the campaign through these recordings Watch a Recording of a Joint Meeting with UK Parliamentarians hosted by Stop the JNF and Partners The Sumarin Family and Ethnic Cleansing in East Jerusalem – 27 October 2020 ICAHD UK is playing a prominent role in the campaign that calls on the Jewish National Fund… Read more »
Protecting Palestinian Families is a campaigning group whose particular focus is on the effect of Israel’s policy of destroying Palestinian homes and livelihoods on children and their families. This campaign group operates under the umbrella of Stop the Demolitions. In detailed correspondence with NSPCC officers and Trustees, compelling reasons for dropping JCB as a donor… Read more »