Palestinians search in the rubble of a destroyed house where eight members of the Al Haj family were killed in a strike early morning in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, July 10, 2014. (Photo: AP/Khalil Hamra) The Kerry initiative may have ended with a whimper instead of a bang, but its… Read more »
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Thoughts from Jeff Halper, and his theory on the last strategy by Sharon of regionalism
Let us begin with the good news: 2014 will likely mark the beginning of the end of the Israeli Occupation _ although its final demise and the emergence of something new and just will need our focused and strategic intervention. The linear process in which we have been trapped these past three and a half… Read more »
Jeff Halper an extremist? Absolutely! I heard it first on the BBC….
…..so it must be true! On the Radio 4 Sunday programme on January 5th this year, Professor Alan Johnson of Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre (BICOM) bracketed Jeff Halper with what Prof Johnson regarded as “extremists”. In the same breath he described “a certain wildness” about the popular and successful “Bethlehem Unwrapped” festival. This… Read more »
Thoughts by Jeff Halper following travels in Europe
Jeff Halper, Director of ICAHD, has travelled since the new year to Norway, Finland, France, Belgium and Luxembourg. He summarises impressions and thoughts from his encounters below. There is clearly something moving in Europe regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Public opinion throughout the Continent, always wavering between guilt over the Holocaust and a strong commitment to… Read more »
Eye-catching ad features Jeff Halper, Salim Shawamreh and their grandchildren
Commuters using the public transport system at California stations in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco and also on a cable car, will see Israeli Jeff Halper and Palestinian Salim Shawamreh in adverts urging an end to United States military aid to Israel, to be cut off for the sake of peace and justice. Jeff is… Read more »
Where do we go from here? by Jeff Halper
Jeff Halper’s latest article begins by imagining how statehood for Palestine would look but he goes on to write: Unless we pull out all the stops between now and September, unless the Palestinian leadership joins with its civil society to mobilize the masses of people the world over who support the Palestinian cause, the September… Read more »
Palestine 2011, by Jeff Halper
Struggling as I have for the past decades to grasp the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and find ways to get out of this interminable and absolutely superfluous conflict, I have been two-thirds successful. After many years of activism and analysis, I think I have put my finger on the first third of the equation:… Read more »
The relationship between Israel and Jewish Diaspora – report on meeting with Jeff Halper
On Sunday March 21st, Jeff Halper spoke at the Montagu Centre/West Central Liberal Synagogue _ the London home of Liberal Judaism – giving a Jewish reframing of the conflict to the Jewish community. The event was organised by Jews for Justice for Palestinians and ICAHD UK. Jeff’s previous talks on his tour round Britain with… Read more »
Jeff Halper’s visits to UK Aug/Sept 2009
We were delighted that Jeff Halper, Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions in Jerusalem, was able to pay two visits to England within four weeks and we are pleased to pass on news regarding some of the highlights from his trips. Greenbelt Festival n August Bank Holiday Weekend, Cheltenham. Jeffis participation in the… Read more »
An Israeli in Gaza – an Interview with Jeff Halper
In this comprehensive interview by Frank Barat, Jeff Halper talks of his motivations for being the only Israeli Jew to join the first blockade-busting voyage from Cyprus to Gaza by two boats of the Free Gaza Movement. He describes his time in Gaza and his subsequent arrest by the Israeli authorities as he crossed the… Read more »