Newsletter · November 2021

ICAHD-USA Report: 6 Palestinian NGO's labeled "terrorist"; DCIP's "Caging Childhood"; Miss Greece Israel boycott

THE REPORT To Friends of ICAHD-USA

Amplifying a critical Israeli voice in the US, opposing US government support of Israeli apartheid, supporting the One Democratic State Campaign. Your must-read for understanding Israel's "matrix of control," critical Palestine-Israel news, cutting edge analyses, opportunities for solidarity, and the work of ICAHD in the United States. ICAHD-USA, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, and Good Shepherd Collective host two inspiring activist groups on the ground in Hebron - Christian Peacemaker Teams (Tarteel Al-Junaidi) and Youth of Sumud (Sami Huraini).

Wednesday, December 1, 1:00pm Eastern time

Register in advance HERE After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Sally Ibrahim - Gaza, The New Arab, November 21, 2021

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, who work closely with many of the groups, said in a joint statement:

“This appalling and unjust decision is an attack by the Israeli government on the international human rights movement. For decades, Israeli authorities have systematically sought to muzzle human rights monitoring and punish those who criticize its repressive rule over Palestinians. While staff members of our organizations have faced deportation and travel bans, Palestinian human rights defenders have always borne the brunt of the repression. This decision is an alarming escalation that threatens to shut down the work of Palestine’s most prominent civil society organizations. The decades-long failure of the international community to challenge grave Israeli human rights abuses and impose meaningful consequences for them has emboldened Israeli authorities to act in this brazen manner.

How the international community responds will be a true test of its resolve to protect human rights defenders. We are proud to work with our Palestinian partners and have been doing so for decades. They represent the best of global civil society. We stand with them in challenging this outrageous decision.”

@IcahdU https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=israeli%20committee%20against%20house%20demolitions-usa (facebook.com/icahdusa) Website ICAHD USA icahd.org

119 N. Fairfax Avenue, #486 Los Angeles, CA 90036-2110

NEWS

Leading Dem calls on Blinken to get over his hesitancy and ‘unambiguously denounce’ Israeli action against Palestinian human rights orgs

Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source (https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-can-monitor-every-telephone-call-west-bank-and-gaza-intelligence-source?utm_source=General+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=8fa2b6dc53-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_11_18_08_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_586030c60d-8fa2b6dc53-82757591) Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye, November 18, 2021 'Harsh invasion of privacy' provides Israeli Security Agency with a system of control over the Palestinians

Read more

Israel killed 77 Palestinian children in Gaza, West Bank in 2021: report

Read more

Israel handed US 'edited intelligence file' to justify bombing Gaza tower

Israel's internal intelligence had edited a dossier, stressing Hamas activity, to convince Americans that the bombing of al-Jalaa tower was necessary

Read more

From Human Rights Watch, October 22, 2021

On October 19, the Israeli Defense Ministry issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to be “terrorist organizations.” The groups are Addameer, al-Haq, Defense for Children Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Bisan Center for Research and Development, and the Union of Palestinian Women Committees.

VIEW

CAGING CHILDHOOD

Caging Childhood: Palestinian Children in Israel’s Military Detention System is a short documentary that shares the stories of three Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and their experiences being detained, interrogated, prosecuted, and imprisoned in the Israeli military detention system. Discussion Guide for Caging Children (https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/dcipalestine/pages/5401/attachments/original/1637249188/Caging_Childhood_Discussion_Guide.pdf?1637249188)

Read more

View the original mailing →