Jonathan, you’ve established yourself as a leading human rights lawyer in Palestine and Israel, what is your background? My earliest years were in Bethlehem but then I went to Jerusalem for much of my schooling. At the time, the place was small and movement between them was easy. I went to the US shortly… Read more »
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ICAHD UK Interview with Majd Nasrallah
Majd, you have recently taken on the role of Coordinator of the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC). This has not only raised your profile in Palestine/Israel, but also internationally so we’d like to get to know you. I understand that you’re from Palestine ’48, is that right? Yes, I am categorized legally as a Palestinian… Read more »
Lobbying Political Representatives
Writing to MPs and other relevant parties (local media, religious bodies, organisations) can be an effective way of taking action to raise awareness of the situation in Palestine / Israel. ICAHD responds to events by preparing sample letters which can be viewed via the links below. These are simply tools to guide you and it… Read more »
End Home Demolitions – An Introduction
As an Israeli peace and human rights organization, ICAHD focuses its activities around resistance to Israel’s policy of demolishing Palestinian homes, both in Israel and in the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT). The demolition policy is part of Israel’s attempt to Judaize Palestine, to transform an Arab country into a Jewish one. During and after the… Read more »
September 2019 Demolition and Displacement Report
During the month of September 2019, at least 47 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 78 people- including 16 children- and affecting a further 1,096 people (according to OCHA oPT). All the demolitions and confiscations were carried out on grounds of lacking an Israeli-issued… Read more »
August 2019 Demolition and Displacement Report
During the month of August 2019, at least 19 structures were demolished in the occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) by Israeli forces, displacing at least 19 people- including 6 children- and affecting a further 480 people (according to OCHA oPT). Al-‘Aragib, an unrecognised Bedouin village in the Naqab desert has been demolished five times… 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 »
An Israeli Jew in Gaza: A Statement by Jeff Halper
September 2008 Jeff Halper heads the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, and was a nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. In the following reports he explains the reasons for a daring voyage to break the siege that Israel has imposed on Gaza over the past months, and reflects on the outcome. On August… Read more »
In the Name of Justice: Key Issues around a Single State
By Jeff Halper and Itay Epshtain Publication date: Thursday, September 13, 2012 Over the past 15 years, ICAHD has actively resisted the Israeli Occupation. For almost that long we have argued that the two-state solution is dead and gone, based on our intimate knowledge both of Israeli politics and the massive “facts” that Israel has… Read more »
ICAHD First Israeli Peace Group to Call for Sanctions
ICAHD Thursday, January 27, 2005 SANCTIONS AGAINST THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION: IT’S TIME “If apartheid ended, so can the occupation. But the moral force and international pressure will have to be just as determined. The current divestment effort is the first, though certainly not the only, necessary move in that direction.” — Bishop Desmond Tutu You… Read more »