Interview with Ruth Edmonds How have you got to the point in life that you’re at now – conducting tours, representing people in Palestine as an advocate? Ruth Edmonds (RE): Jeff Halper will say that I used to turn up at the office all the time so they gave me something to do! I… Read more »
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Boycotts, Divestments, Sanctions
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) was the first Israeli organisation to endorse a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign and to formulate a statement, issued in January 2005, calling on the international community to support it. The statement was updated in January 2010 and reaffirms ICAHD’s support for BDS as an instrument of… Read more »
The Israeli Elections: A Game-Changer
By Jeff Halper Dramatic as they were for returning Netanyahu to power, the Israeli elections did not witness a major shift in political forces; in fact, the center-left (albeit Labor now pandering to the right by rebranding itself the “Zionist Camp”) did better than in the 2013 elections, while the right polled considerably less than… Read more »
Study Tours: Alternative Tours of Palestine/Israel
EXTENDED STUDY TOURS 6-16 May 2024 4-14 November 2024 Visit Palestine/Israel on an Extended Study Tour that will change your life For more information and for an application form please click here ICAHD-recommended issue-based study tours Grounded in ICAHD analysis Visit both the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel A total of around 30 encounters… Read more »
Matrix of Control
The Key to Peace: Dismantling the Matrix of Control By Jeff Halper In the complex situation in which Palestinians and Israelis currently find themselves, two things seems equally evident: First, a viable and truly sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel is an absolute prerequisite for a just and lasting peace; and second, Israel needs a Palestinian… Read more »
ICAHD Chapters
ICAHD UK We work to achieve our vision within the UK by: Advocating and campaigning in support of human rights in both Israel and the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT) Educating, informing and disseminating information to the UK public about the situation on the ground in Israel and the OPT , specifically any activities that may… Read more »
Watch Al Jazeera “Inside Story” episode: Punishing the Palestinians?
Award-winning Al Jazeera’s “Inside Story” series has broadcast an episode focussed on Palestinian home demolitions. Presenter Shiulie Ghosh talks to Jeff Halper, Director of ICAHD, Avi Bell, a professor of law at Bar-Ilan University and a specialist in international and property law, and Bill Van Esveld, an Israel and Palestine researcher at Human Rights Watch,… Read more »
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Israeli Supreme Court Seeks Participation for Palestinians in Area C Planning
ICAHD’s Director Jeff Halper has written a press release – below – in response to the outcome of the appeal brought by Rabbis For Human Rights, ICAHD, JLAC, St. Yves and the Palestinian village of Ad-Dirat-Al-Rfaiiya requesting that planning authority be returned to Palestinians living in Area C, the 62% of the West Bank under… Read more »
ICAHD UK conference hears one-state message
Israeli activist Jeff Halper and academic Ilan Pappe had a clear message for delegates at the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) UK conference this weekend: the two state solution is dead, and the failure of the Kerry initiative is a moment of dangerous opportunity. With a focus on the theme of ‘Rising from the… Read more »