Announcing our conference theme & speakers

Photo: Israeli police assemble during demolitions in the Naqab 2024 – RCUV Actions Bulletin - July 2026 * Watch – J Halper's July Update - Where Is Israel Today? * Note – ICAHD UK’s Annual Conference Theme & Speakers * Read – June’s Demolition & Displacement Report * View – Rasheed Khudairy’s Devastating Comments on Film * Write to Your MP – EDM about Tent of Nations & Government’s Disgraceful Position * Join Us – National Demonstration for Palestine – 18^th July * Visit – ICAHD UK's Stall at Greenbelt Festival in August * Mark - Dates for Your Diary

Jeff reminds us of the importance of anti-colonial Jews who are working with their Palestinian partners in finding liberation. Do not expect Israel with its settler colonial agenda to voluntarily change its system from the inside.

We must understand that Israel is not ephemeral; Jews will not simply disappear. Not all Israeli Jews have a second passport, so much of the population won’t be leaving.

Jeff refers to the three factors identified by Ghassan Kanafani that resulted in the defeat of Palestinian resistance during the Arab Revolt in 1936 – 1939 and how these factors still apply today. Israel established relationships that serve the hegemons; created Palestinian collaborators and encouraged complicity from corrupt and autocratic Arab leaders.

The event will examine what can be done to empower the Palestinians as Israeli moves to the last stage of implementing its settler colonial and apartheid policies over them. We will also address what needs to be done because of the criminalisation of those who demonstrate solidarity for Palestinians

Dr Shahd Hammouri – Palestinian Jeff Halper, Co-Founder and Jordanian; International law lecturer; Director, ICAHD overseer for the Gaza Tribunal UK

Rev Sue Parfitt, John Garrett. retired academic, Anglican Priest and activist ICAHD UK Executive Committee

Additional speakers to be announced. Registrations will open on 1 August. June's Demolition & Displacement Report Photo: Demolished house. Ras al 'Amud, East Jerusalem. 23 June 2026. OCHA

The above are the statistics of demolitions during June in the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Demolitions at the end of the month resulted in the spike in the number of people affected. On the 22^nd, a road in Kafr ‘Aqab, East Jerusalem was demolished which affects the lives of 2,645 residents. On the 23^rd, the demolition of 12 livelihood structures in Shu’fat Refugee Camp, East Jerusalem affected 598 people from 12 households.

Demolitions within the state of Israel – another example of Israel’s apartheid policies against Palestinian Israeli citizens

Official data released by Israel’s Southern Enforcement Administration regarding demolitions of structures in the Bedouin towns and villages of the Naqab desert stated that between the years 2023-2025:

14,200 structures were demolished, of which 2,155 structures were inhabited residential homes.

In their 25th June 2026 press release, the Regional Council for the Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev (RCUV) assesses that If the rate of demolitions continues at the same rate, the first half of 2026 will result in an estimated 17,000 demolished structures, of which approximately 2,800 will be inhabited residential homes.

On average, 4.6 – 4.7 people live in each home in the Bedouin villages, meaning that about 13,000 people will be forcibly displaced between 2023-2026 (based on the government’s statistics and the council’s estimation).

It is important to emphasise that alongside every inhabited house that is demolished, an additional 3-4 structures belonging to the family are also demolished. These usually include sheds, animal related structures, external kitchens and bathrooms, fences, structures used to store water and storage etc.

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Photo: Rasheed Khudairy interviewed by Drop Site News - Screen shot - The Crimson Thread

Connect once again with our partner, Rasheed Khudairy , Coordinator of the Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign, in this powerful eight-minute film about ethnic cleansing in the Jordan Valley. In addition, Rasheed features in the article accompanying it.

The Crimson Thread is a 310-mile barrier that will run along the entire eastern edge of the West Bank and will effectively seal off the Jordan Valley from the rest of Palestine. The film also highlights how the Jordan Valley, known as the breadbasket of Palestine, is drying up because Israel deprives it of water. (These are yet more violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention.)

Ever descriptive, at the end of the article Rasheed said, “We belong to this land,” explaining that he has started keeping some of his knowledge of the area to himself – not writing it down or sharing it publicly, because, he said, whatever Palestinians name and describe can be taken. “They are trying to steal everything – the name of our plants, the song we use when our people harvest the wheat. We have a lot of things we don’t share anymore because they keep stealing more and more.”

Be Ready to Challenge the New Government's Position Photo: Hamish Falconer MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Middle East, Afghanistan & Pakistan being questioned on 7th July 2026.

On 7^th July, Hamish Falconer was questioned by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee about why the government is not banning settlement goods. In his reply, Falconer said that the UK could not do so because there are “enforceability issues” and “effectiveness issues” and “unintended consequences” of sanctioning Israeli settlements. He even said that the British Jewish community might be affected. The transcript of the Select Committee session is available .

Within the House of Commons, many cross-party MPs have time and again expressed their frustration with the answers that have come from Falconer and Yvette Cooper in her role of Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary over many issues about what is happening to the Palestinians. Clearly, under Starmer, our government has been complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza that has spread into the West Bank.

The influence of the Zionist lobby is being revealed. With Andy Burnham likely to become our new Prime Minister on 20^th July, encourage him to enforce international law and stand up again the Zionist lobby. May his resolve to do better when it comes to the Palestinian people be strengthened Continue to lobby your MP who is accountable to you to retain your vote.

The main march will assemble in Russell Square before it marches to Whitehall for the speeches. ICAHD UK will gather from noon with the Jewish bloc so keep an eye on the ICAHD website for the announcement about where to locate ICAHD UK. ICAHD UK at the Greenbelt Festival

Visit the ICAHD UK stall at the Greenbelt Festival , Kettering, 28th – 30th August.

Come for coffee and discussion and bring your friends! We will have a quiz for adults and a maze for children. Learn about the importance of our organisation as we focus on the root cause which is Israel’s settler colonialism which always involves genocide. We will also have information about the dangers of two-state apartheid, Israel’s hasbara (propaganda), challenging Christian Zionism, and our vision for one democratic state in historic Palestine. Hear about our forthcoming events.

Collect our resources to use in your locality. Dates for Your Diary Saturday, 18^th July – National Demonstration for Palestine – noon, central London.

Thursday, 30^th July - Administrative hearing for those arrested due to supporting Palestine Action - 09.30, Westminster Magistrates Court, 181 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5BR. Contact info@icahduk.org if you plan to attend.

Thursday, 27^th – Sunday, 30^th August – Greenbelt Festival – visit the ICAHD UK stall.

Saturday, 10^th October – National March for Palestine – noon, central London. Commemorating three years since 7^th October.

Saturday, 17^th October – ICAHD UK Annual Conference, The Wesley Hotel, London.

Monday 26^th October - Wednesday, 4^th November – UK-Palestine Mental Health Network Study Tour .

Monday, 9^th - Thursday, 19^th November – ICAHD Study Tour . Many thanks for your ongong support. If you're not already a member of ICAHD UK, please join usor make a donation to enable our campaign to spread at this critical time in history.

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