Jeff Halper an extremist? Absolutely! I heard it first on the BBC….

Posted January 13, 2014, 12:00 am by & filed under News.

…..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

Posted March 19, 2013, 12:00 am by & filed under News.

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 »

Where do we go from here? by Jeff Halper

Posted June 1, 2011, 12:00 am by & filed under News.

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

Posted November 26, 2010, 12:00 am by & filed under News.

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

Posted March 27, 2010, 12:00 am by & filed under Beyond Zionism.

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

Posted October 30, 2009, 12:00 am by & filed under News, UK Specific.

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

Posted December 11, 2008, 12:00 am by & filed under Personal Experiences.

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 »

Jeff Halper Awarded Human Rights Prize

Posted December 3, 2008, 12:00 am by & filed under ICAHD in the News, News.

Jeff Halper, Director of ICAHD, will be awarded jointly the Kant World Citizen Prize 2009 with Brazilian Bishop Dom Luiz Cappio by the Freiburg Kant Foundation. The Foundation honours the prize winners of 2009 for their icourageous commitment to human rights and the human dignity of politically and socially marginalized population groups.i The main purpose… Read more »