ICAHD’s Jeff Halper detained for carrying BDS material

Posted March 28, 2017, by & filed under Apartheid, BDS, ICAHD in the News, ICAHD reports, News.

Photo taken by T. Ambrose.  ICAHD’s Co-Founder Jeff Halper was detained by Israeli police on 8th March for suspected incitement following a visit he made to the illegal settlement of Maale Adumin with an international tour group during ICAHD’s ‘Matrix of Control’ tour of Greater Jerusalem. Someone from the settlement had reported Jeff on suspicion… Read more »

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions worked in South Africa

Posted September 14, 2016, by & filed under BDS, Personal Experiences.

WWPPI

As partners of the Kairos Britain initiative, we wanted to highlight this years’ World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (18th – 24th September 2016) by encouraging our members in Christian faith communities to share their experiences with you. Brian Brown was South Africa’s first banned churchperson who came to England as a refugee from apartheid… Read more »

The Labour Party, Israel, and Antisemitism

Posted May 13, 2016, by & filed under UK Specific.

A photo of a street sign in front of the apartheid wall taken in Bethlehem

– Picture of a street sign in front of the apartheid wall in Bethlehem. Last week the labour Party came under ferocious political and media attack for allegedly harbouring antisemites in its midst. In the course of this, the accusers often blurred the distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism, between legitimate criticisms of the state of… Read more »