Write to JCB and your MP following the UN’s release of the list of companies that work in Israel’s illegal settlements. We welcome this long-awaited report which identifies 112 companies that are involved in business activities in settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territory which violate Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. To see the… Read more »
JCB machines demolishing homes and structures More demolitions in Khirbet Humsah in the northern Jordan Valley on 8th February 2021. Monday, 8 February 2021, Israel again confiscated most of the residential structures and livestock enclosures in the community of Khirbet Humsah al-Foqa, located in Area C in the north of the Jordan Valley. Israel’s Civil… Read more »
Tom Anderson and Hilary Smith, Stop the Demolitions Campaign Annie O’Gara, NSPCC Coalition Huda Ammori, Manchester University Reem Mohammed, Sheffield Hallam University Dr Monica Wusteman, ICAHD UK
On 16 February, JCB bulldozers were used again in the demolition of a Palestinian home, this time in East Jerusalem.city in the demolitions. (Video from the Good Shepherd Collective) View Video
UK Government Statement on the Demolition of Bedouin Village of Humsa Al-Baqai’a The Bedouin village of Humsa Al-Baqai’a housed 73 people, including 41 children, all of whom are now homeless. Published 6 November 2020 by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP Following the demolition of Humsa Al- Baqai’a,… Read more »
Dear friends, At a time when Covid-19 has been sweeping through Palestine, Israel’s response has been the outpouring of more brutality upon the Palestinian people. The highest number of demolitions were recorded since 2016 along with the single highest case of mass demolitions for the last ten years. ICAHD UK has worked hard to spread… Read more »
1 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October 22 October 24 October 26 October 27 October 28 October Overall Notes: There are four categories of demolitions: Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens… Read more »
We are asking the NPSCC to live up to its values by dropping JCB as a donor, taking a moral lead which can persuade JCB that servicing Israel’s home demolition policy is wrong. What are the NSPCC’s Values? All of the following are quotations, taken directly from the NSPCC website page “Living our Values” where… Read more »
Video evidence: We can judge for ourselxes the human impact. In all of the following JCB equipment is used, profiting the Bamford family and, via JCB donations, supporting the NSPCC. This is the short B’tselem video which we have given to NSPCC ( B’tselem is an Israeli Human Rights rganisation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEDJKdxkGg&feature=emb_logo
Hilary Smith – Sheffield PSC, Stop the Demolitions Tom Anderson – Shoal Collective/Corporate Watch, Stop the Demolitions Annie O’Gara – Sheffield PSC, Protecting Palestinian Families, Stop the JNF Sharen Green – Protecting Palestinian Families, ICAHD UK with Monica Wusteman – ICAHD UK This ICAHD UK webinar built on the previous one, a recording of… Read more »