January 2022 Newsletter * Key to Return – a new play based on our study tours * Haim Bresheeth interview - the son of Holocaust survivors describes his commitment to one democratic state with full equality * New resources include animated maps on demolitions * Webinar recordings – new ones to view * Dates for your diary
Key to Return by Norma Cohen
Photo: John Hastings-Thomson
We were thrilled to learn that the study tour to Palestine/Israel done in conjunction with ICAHD in November 2019 prompted actor/writer Norma Cohen to write her new play Key to Return which is based on the people she met and what she witnessed during her tour experience. It can be heard at the P21 Gallery in London on Thursday, 3^rd February at 6.30pm.
Directed by Steve Tiller (), there will be a 75-minute staged reading followed by a Q&A.
This performance will be dedicated to the memory of Haj Suleiman al Hathaleen, a Bedouin activist elder who died of injuries followed being run over by an Israeli tow truck in January. Norma met Haj Suleiman on the tour group’s visit to the village of Umm al-Khair. His brave stance over incursions from nearby settlers & the military inspired a major, culminating scene in her play.
For more information about Haj Suleiman, the play and to reserve your ticket, see here . LAST CALL for anyone who would like to participate in the 11-day study tour to Palestine/Israel scheduled for 16-26 May must submit their name by Tuesday, 15 February. Information about the tour can be found here .
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The Two-State Solution is Dead - Now What?
Jonathan Kuttab, author of Beyond the Two State Solution, engaged in a discussion with Jeff Halper, author of Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine and Noura Erakat, activist and human rights attorney. View recording here .
Israel’s deepening regime of Apartheid: What can we do?
Robyn Dasey moderated the webinar where Jeff Halper analysed Israel’s end-game of taking over all Palestine and marginalizing the Palestinians, and Linda Ramsden focused on campaigning in Britain on Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes. View recording here .
Is Zionism settler colonialism and why does it matter?
Prof Tom Aboud chaired the webinar with speakers Dr Elliot Ratzman who is completing his first book, Zipporah’s Knife: A Jewish Reckoning With Race—on Jewish ethics, Critical Race Theory, and anti-racist activism in the U.S., Israel-Palestine, and Europe; Dr Arnon Degani, historian at the Hebrew University who is writing his first book on the integration of the Arab citizens into Israeli society in the years 1948-1967; Jeff Halper whose latest book is Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine. Link to recording will be available here shortly .
Dates for Your Diary
14 February at 5.00pm (UK time) - Webinar - Conversation via zoom between Leila Farsakh and Jeff Halper about strategies and actions to bring a just peace to Palestine-Israel. Organised by the Peace and Social Justice Committee of Friends Meeting at Cambridge and Quakers Advocating Justice for Palestine. Link available here shortly .
Saturday, 23 April 2022 – ICAHD UK Annual Conference – The theme of this year’s conference will be Demolition of Palestinian Homes: Israeli settler colonialism marches on. It will be held on zoom and will be open to all who register in advance.
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ICAHD UK Interview with Haim Bresheeth
Founder of Jewish Network for Palestine In this interview with author, filmmaker and scholar, Prof Haim Bresheeth describes his early life in Jaffa as the son of Holocaust survivors. Despite his pacifist convictions he was pressurized to serve in the Israeli army. After this time in the army, Haim, knowing that he needed to get away from the claustrophobia of Israel, came to study in Britain. Encounters which followed led him on a journey away from Zionism and the realization that he had lived in a country that practiced apartheid. Haim now believes that the only way forward is for there to be decolonisation and the establishment of one democratic state. In this interview Haim warns of the dangers of a either a confederation or federation, and points to recent developments that makes him optimistic. Read the full interview here (https://icahd.org/2022/01/28/icahd-uk-interview-with-haim-bresheeth-founder-of-the-jewish-network-for-palestine/) .
New Resources including animated maps
New maps have been prepared that summarize Israel’s demolitions of homes and structures vital for living that happened during 2021. The map illustrated here shows at a glance just how invasive the demolitions were throughout much of the West Bank and within East Jerusalem. Two animated maps have also been prepared. One shows the demolitions month by month in the West Bank and Naqab (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FlniJudG08) . The other illustrates the demolitions in East Jerusalem between 2004 – 2021 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eIPxjUY-t4) . These maps are suitable for use on mobile phones and social media. Please use these maps for your awareness raising and lobbying political representatives. There can be no argument for these facts on the ground which violate the 4^th Geneva Convention.
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January webinars feature ICAHD speakers Three webinars with different themes during January included ICAHD speakers. You can catch up with them here and don’t forget to share them with others.
28 - 30 January - Global Days Palestine Action - details here
3 February at 6.30pm – Key to Return by Norma Cohen - details here (https://icahd.org/2022/01/24/key-to-return-by-norma-cohen/) .
Read more6 – 16 May 2022 – Study tour to Palestine/Israel – registration closes on 15 February
7 –17 November 2022 – Study tour to Palestine/Israel Many thanks for your ongoing support. If you're not already a member of ICAHD UK, please consider joining us (https://icahd.org/join-us/) to enable our campaign to spread at this critical time in history.