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 »
Thursday 22 November 2018 at 6.30 pm at P21 Gallery 21-27 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD – Free Entry – Arrive early to secure your seat! ICAHD UK, along with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the National Education Union – NUT Section, are proud to be co-hosting a presentation by Haggai Matar, the Executive Director of… Read more »
Photo: Aref Daraghmeh, B’Tselem At least 50 structures were demolished by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) in the month of October, displacing at least 50 people- including 21 children- and affecting a further 203 people, including 92 children. Inside Israel, in the Naqab desert, Israeli forces demolished the unrecognised… Read more »
Photos: Jessica Woodfall Laughing for Palestine with Alexei Sayle at The Bill Murray in London on 8 October was another successful show in what is about to become an ICAHD UK tradition, following the sold out Laughing For Palestine with Frankie Boyle in Edinburgh in August. Over eight hundred pounds were raised in the… Read more »
Paul Neill On 4th October 2018, the Bedouin village of Al-Araqib was demolished…for the 134th time. Al-Araqib is one of the 35 ‘unrecognised’ Bedouin villages in the Negev (Naqab) region of Israel. Like most of the other unrecognized villages, it existed before the creation of the State of Israel. Prior to 1948, around 90,000 Bedouins lived… Read more »
ICAHD Volunteers from the UK, US, Italy, Finland and Germany have hit the ground in Jerusalem on 21 October, for ICAHD and Torat Tzedek’s Building, Harvesting and learning camp. They spent their first three days in Palestine with ICAHD founder Jeff Halper building a community centre at the north of the Jordan Valley. Taking advantage… Read more »