Jeff Halper is an anthropologist living in Jerusalem. He is the Director of ICAHD and a founding member of the One Democratic State Campaign.
Jeff is the author of An Israeli in Palestine (London: Pluto Press, 2008) on his work against the Occupation; Obstacles to Peace (ICAHD’s manual for activism in Palestine/Israel); and War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification (Pluto, 2015), which was shortlisted for the Palestine Book Award. His latest book is Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism and the Case for One Democratic State (London: Pluto, 2021).
Jeff participated in the first (and successful) attempt of the Free Gaza Movement to break the Israeli siege by sailing into Gaza and has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2006 and in 2025.
Explore aspects of Jeff's work via the links below.