Clare Short Volunteers at 2010 ICAHD Summer Rebuilding Camp September 1, 2010 ICAHD UK Veteran British politician, Clare Short, who is also a patron of ICAHD UK, volunteered her time for the first part of this year’s summer camp. Since 2003, the Israeli Committee Against House Demol . . . | Ramadan Kareem from The Netanyahu and Obama Administrations August 17, 2010 Jeff Halper Yesterday, the day before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began, at 2:30 in the morning, workers sent by the Israeli authorities, protected by dozens of police, destroyed the tombstones in the la . . . |
Sharp Increase in Demolitions and Displacement in West Bank - UN report August 17, 2010 ICAHD UK As Jeff Halper releases a profoundly disturbing analysis about the sharp increase leading up to Ramadan of house demolitions and the all-encompassing 'invisible yet Kafkaesque system of total cont . . . | DEDICATION OF HAMDAN HOME IN ANATA July 31, 2010 ICAHD FIRST OF FIVE HOUSES TO BE REBUILT DURING ICAHD ’S
8TH ANNUAL SUMMER REBUILDING CAMP
On Sunday, August 1st, 2010, ICAHD will dedicate the home of the Hamdan family of Anata, demolishe . . . |
UK Participants 2010 Camp Experience July 23, 2010 ICAHD There were some UK participants on the 2010 Rebuilding Camp happening now in Anata, Jerusalem. Days were hot and work was hard, but people found the camp a life-changing experience.
 | The Home Demolition Virus Continues to Spread August 6, 2010 ICAHD UK We reported in an earlier article, Is the House Demolitions Virus Spreading Abroad? on house demolitions in Libya and Mexico being i . . . |
Tour of UK by victims of four consecutive home demolitions May 27, 2010 ICAHD UK Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh have land in Anata and a home they cannot live in. To date, their home has been demolished four times and ICAHD Jerusalem has helped to rebuild it each time. In 2003 th . . . | ICAHD Summer Rebuilding Camp 2010 July 20, 2010 ICAHD UK This year we, the participants of ICAHD`s 2010 work camp, will be rebuilding the home of the Hamdan family: the parents Youssef and Ouda and their four children, Mohamed, Kassem, Saja and Hasma. T . . . |
Israel’s Insane Attack on the Freedom Flotilla June 9, 2010 Avi Shlaim The following article by Avi Shlaim, ICAHD UK patron, appeared in the Daily Mirror on 1st June.
My heart sank when I heard the news of the IDF’s insane attack on the unarmed boa . . . | Protesters to defy court ban from Sheikh Jarrah June 4, 2010 Sahar Vardi ICAHD has been organising weekly protests every Friday against the home demolitions happening in Sheikh Jarrah. Recently activists have been arrested and banned by the Jerusalem court from the nei . . . |
Tent of Nations - international response makes a difference June 4, 2010 ICAHD UK Last week, ICAHD sent out an appeal for international pressure after a demolition order was issued on new structures at the Tent of Nations Project for peaceful co-existence, south of Bethlehem. O . . . | FREE AMEER MAKHOUL! STOP REPRESSION IN ISRAEL! May 27, 2010 ICAHD ICAHD adds its voice to the calls of Palestinian, Israeli and international civil society organizations demanding the immediate release of Ameer Makhoul, the General Director of Ittijah and Presid . . . |
"Hope from the Ruins" - an overview of ICAHD UK conference, with recordings April 22, 2010 ICAHD UK The theme of this year’s very well-attended and successful ICAHD AGM and Day Conference was “Hope from the Ruins”. This apparently paradoxical title acknowledges the shattered reality of Israel/P . . . | Deportation Order Threatens Thousands of Palestinians April 14, 2010 Sabeel A recently revealed Israeli military order that goes into effect this week, allows for the deportation and eviction from the West Bank of tens of thousands of people. Palestinians born in Gaza, fo . . . |
ICAHD UK AGM passes emergency resolution on draconian new legislation in West Bank April 22, 2010 ICAHD UK News of the new legislation that came into force in the West Bank on April 13th, which could threaten mass deportations of Palestinians and foreign NGO workers and activists, had come through just . . . | The Second Battle of Gaza: Israel’s undermining of international law March 24, 2010 Jeff Halper This article by the ICAHD Director makes vital reading. It lays out the well documented framework devised by Israel's legal and ethical policymakers for waging "asymmetrical" war, i.e. war by a po . . . |
The relationship between Israel and Jewish Diaspora - report on meeting with Jeff Halper March 27, 2010 Deborah Maccoby 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 communit . . . | Push for BDS Campaign to Gain More Momentum January 26, 2010 ICAHD UK "ICAHD was the first Israeli organization to endorse a boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign and to formulate a statement, issued in January, 2005, calling on the international communit . . . |
Buy Jeff Halper's Book, "An Israeli in Palestine", Now! July 5, 2008 Pluto Press "Jeff Halper’s book, like his life’s work, is an inspiration. Drawing on his many years of directly challenging Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, he offers one of the most insightful analyse . . . | Failing Gaza: No rebuilding, no recovery, no more excuses - new report by 16 NGOs December 29, 2009 Amnesty International A new report, by 16 humanitarian, development and human rights organisations, describes how the ongoing blockade prevents reconstruction and recovery of Gaza from the extensive damage caused by th . . . |
New ICAHD UK Free Brochure Available July 20, 2009 ICAHD UK ICAHD UK continues to "punch above its weight" in EU, UK government and other circles, on the back of Jeff Halper's and others' repected analysis and the unique activism of ICAHD in Jerusalem and . . . | Counter-Rhetoric, the Pocket Guide to Palestinian Advocacy, for £1.75 inc p & p! March 24, 2007 ICAHD UK Do you want informed, factual answers and arguments at your fingertips to all those questions, concerns and objections that people commonly raise about the need for a just and sustainable solution . . . |
BREAKING THE VESSELS November 20, 2009 Jeff Halper OK, so the Palestinian Authority will not unilaterally declare an independent Palestinian state. In fact, the whole issue seems a misunderstanding. Concerned that the US has backtracked on a two s . . . | New Edition of Obstacles to Peace Out August 22, 2009 ICAHD UK The fourth edition of Jeff Halper's's classic guidebook of the Israel-Palestine conflict, with incisive analysis and a number of maps which graphically outline the development of Israel's Matrix o . . . |
Newly Updated ICAHD Brochure Available - Ideal Advocacy Tool February 5, 2009 ICAHD UK Since the terrible happenings in Gaza, public awareness of the plight of the Palestinians is at a new peak, and many people are angry and wondering what they can do about it. This where the practi . . . | Israel annexing East Jerusalem, says EU Report March 9, 2009 The Guardian While ICAHD is involved in actively opposing Israeli plans for the demolition of 88 homes in Silwan in East Jerusalem (see ICA . . . |
Counter-Rhetoric, the Pocket Guide to Palestinian Advocacy, for £1.75 inc p & p! March 24, 2007 ICAHD UK Do you want informed, factual answers and arguments at your fingertips to all those questions, concerns and objections that people commonly raise about the need for a just and sustainable solution . . . | The Palestinians: Warehousing a “Surplus People” September 15, 2008 Jeff Halper So rapid is the pace of systemic change in that indivisible entity known as Palestine/Israel that it almost defies our ability to keep up with it. The deliberate and systematic campaign of driving . . . |
Book ICAHD's "Jerusalem Dispossessed" Photographic Exhibition! February 16, 2008 ICAHD UK This exhibition documents the dispossession of indigenous Palestinians from their native city, Jerusalem, amid rapid expansion of Israeli settlements, the Separation Wall and home demolitions. A p . . . | Jeff Halper nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2006 April 15, 2006 ICAHD UK Read here about Jeff's nomination for this most prestigious prize alongside the Palestinian Ghassan Andoni, co-founder of ISM . . . |
ICAHD UK Chair Receives Sheila McKechnie Award March 31, 2006 ICAHD, Jerusalem ICAHD, The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, is extremely proud to announce that the Chair of ICAHD UK, Linda Ramsden, was the recent recipient of the Dame Sheila McKechnie Award for Co . . . |