By Jeff Halper Here is the question: If Israelis truly crave peace and security—“the right to be normal,” as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert put it recently—then why haven’t they exhausted each and every opportunity for resolving the conflict? Why do Israelis continually elect governments that aggressively pursue settlement expansion and military confrontations with the… Read more »
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Israel-Palestine: Apartheid or Confederation?
By Jeff Halper Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s address to both houses of the American Congress in May, 2006, was the clearest, more explicit presentation of Israel’s conception of where it is going vis-à-vis the Palestinians. It is perhaps the most skilled use of Newspeak since George Orwell invented the term in his novel… Read more »
An Open Letter to the Israeli Jewish Public: Support the Gaza Flotilla!
Jeff Halper If we were not Israeli Jews, if the nine ships bringing 800 peace-makers from 40 countries would be sailing with humanitarian aid to an imprisoned population of a million and a half to, say, Haiti, the flotilla now on its way to Gaza would be hailed as a monumental event and the… Read more »
A Bone in America’s Throat
The Fates of Americans and Palestinians are Deeply Intertwined By JEFF HALPER (November 2008) Even before the voting began, Israeli politicians and pundits were asking: Will an Obama Administration be good for Israel? “Be good for Israel” is our code for “Will the US allow us to keep our settlements and continue to support… Read more »
Resistance Needs a Political Programme
I am the head of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), and after more than 20 years fighting Israel’s policy of demolishing Palestinian homes, I am witnessing one of the largest campaigns of demolitions since we started our work. In East Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley, throughout the West Bank (where not only homes are… Read more »
Requirements for Members of the ICAHD UK Executive Committee
In order to be eligable for nomination to the ICAHD UK Executive Committee, the following requirements must be satisfied: Member of ICAHD UK Knowledge of ICAHD from any of the following: Participation in ICAHD summer camp, ETT study tour, other tour, pilgrimage or volunteer work in the Occupied Palestine Territory and meeting with ICAHD while… Read more »
The ICAHD UK National Conference 2019
Click here to Book Before 31 March and get a £5 Reduction in Conference fees Breaking the Wall – How To Bring About Change in Palestine Activism and Solidarity, a Political Programme, or both? Saturday 11 May 2019 from 11.30am to 5.00pm (doors open 10.00am; AGM 10.15-11.15) The Amnesty International Human Rights Centre, New Inn… Read more »
“An amazing experience which I am sure will help my campaigning”
Participants from the Nov ’18 study tour with ICAHD’s Jeff Halper Londoner Mary Holmes visited the Occupied Palestine Territory and Israel for the first time as a participant in the November Study Tour, recommended by ICAHD UK. A caring person who during her career worked as a teacher and then as a nurse, Mary… Read more »
A History of ICAHD UK 2003-2019
A History of ICAHD UK 2003-2019 ICAHD UK In September 2003 explorations began with the idea of establishing a support group in the UK for the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, based in Jerusalem, and founded by Dr Jeff Halper and Dr Meir Margalit in 1997. ICAHD was appreciated because it represented a unique voice… Read more »
Visit Palestine/Israel on an Extended Study Tour that will change your life
Hebron – walking through the Old City Next ICAHD-recommended Study Tour: 4 – 14 November 2019 No amount of reading, attending lectures or watching films can convey a genuine understanding of the facts on the ground compared to being there. ICAHD and the international chapters in the UK, USA, Finland and Germany recommend these… Read more »