Understanding the ‘conflict’ as a settler colonial struggle allows us to build a holistic path toward a liberated society for Palestinians and Israelis. By Awad Abdelfattah and Jeff Halper – Published in +972 Magazine on 10 December 2019 The very title one gives to a phenomenon often determines how it can be understood and what… Read more »
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A Personal Reflection on the November 2019 Extended Study Tour
November 2019 Study Tour participant, Kathleen Zimak, has given us permission to share her personal letter that she wrote upon her return home. Dear Friends and family I returned from Tel Aviv last night after completing a political study tour of Israel and Palestine with a group drawn from a variety of backgrounds including a… Read more »
The Trump Administration’s Unilateral Declaration on the Legality of Israeli Settlements
Some Thoughts by Jeff Halper, ICAHD Founder (28 November 2019) The Trump Administration’s recent reversal of policy, now declaring unilaterally that Israeli settlements are not “inconsistent with international law” demonstrates nothing more dramatic than the bankruptcy of American foreign policy — though in fact that previous American governments took virtually the same position. They may… Read more »
A Response to Israel’s September Elections
By Jeff Halper (18 September 2019) A few quick take-aways from yesterday’s election in Israel: 1. Netanyahu is out. His only hope of avoiding prison was to get immunity from the Parliament, and without a majority of 61 (the Likud/right bloc got only 55-56) that is impossible. Either the Likud will go into a… Read more »
Professor David Pegg – A Tribute
The ICAHD family mourns the passing of our good friend and supporter Professor David Pegg, and we extend our condolences to his wife and partner Dr Monica Wusteman and all the family. David had a distinguished career as a clinical scientist and academic. He had posts in London, Cambridge and York where he was made… Read more »
The Difficult Passage from a Two-State ‘Solution’ to Decolonisation in Palestine/Israel
By Jeff Halper, Founder ICAHD It’s happening, but slowly. Surveying the special issue of the Palestine/Israel Journal devoted to the threat that the hallowed “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” may be in jeopardy – or, as the issue’s title has it, “at a dangerous crossroads” – one gets the feeling of half-hearted, almost… Read more »
A Bedouin Feast – A Report from on the Ground in Hebron
An ICAHD member is currently in Hebron with the Christian Peacemakers Team and has sent the following report on their experiences… We were summoned quite suddenly – as is usual in these circumstances. The day before there had been multiple military vehicles, soldiers, border police and the Israeli Civil Administration, assessing, measuring, reporting. A… Read more »
ICAHD UK 2019 Conference Highlights
Breaking the Wall – How to Bring About Change in Palestine Activism and Solidarity, a Political Programme, or Both? Analysis, Debate and a View towards the Future
Judaizing Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem with backing from Americans
by Jeff Halper (March 31, 2012) Natche family home under threat of eviction by settlers, Beit Hanina. (Photo: Michael Salisbury) Driving Palestinians out of their homes in “east” Jerusalem is, as you can imagine, a dirty business. But its not terribly difficult. The Palestinians are a vulnerable population, poor (70% subsist on less than $2… Read more »
Fifty years on, it’s time for a conflict resolution in Palestine-Israel
Half a century has passed since the occupation began, and the need for a political solution is more urgent than ever — people need an endgame to advocate for, or else they’ll lose interest. By Jeff Halper (10 June 2017) A Palestinian demonstrator from the West Bank village of Deir Jarir, northeast of Ramallah, waves… Read more »