 Jewish Women Occupy Israeli Consulate in Toronto
January 8, 2009
Cathy Gulkin
A diverse group of Jewish Canadian women are currently occupying the Israeli consulate at 180 Bloor Street West in Toronto. This action is in protest against the on-going Israeli assault on the pe . . . |  Molten Lead in Gaza
January 5, 2009
Uri Avnery
Just after midnight, Aljazeera’s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, b . . . |
 Where's the Academic Outrage Over the Bombing of a University in Gaza?
January 4, 2009
Neve Gordon & Jeff Halper
Not one of the nearly 450 presidents of American colleges and universities who prominently denounced an effort by British academics to boycott Israeli universities in September 2007 have raised th . . . |  Our Pilots Did Not Return Safely
January 4, 2009
Gideon Levy
Our finest young men are attacking Gaza now. Good boys from good homes are doing bad things. Most of them are eloquent, impressive, self-confident, often even highly principled in their own eyes, . . . |
 The Shministim, noncooperation and the bombing of the Islamic University of Gaza
December 29, 2008
Jimmy Johnson
This morning the Israeli Air Force bombed the Islamic University of Gaza. Why? What threat do schools of a stateless people lacking even a single tank pose to the army of a nuclear power? Quite a . . . |  ISRAEL: END THE ATTACKS ON GAZA IMMEDIATELY!
December 28, 2008
ICAHD
Let’s be crystal clear. Israel’s massive attacks on Gaza today have one overarching goal: conflict management. How to end rocket attacks on Israel from a besieged and starving Gaza without ending . . . |
 Wadi Na'am Mosque demolished
December 27, 2008
Bustan
We are deeply saddened to report that yesterday, December 25th, the eco-mosque at Wadi Na'am was demolished by the Israeli government, along with a 30 year old house near Laquiya. As many of you k . . . | Framing, Principles & Elements
December 11, 2008
Jeff Halper
Writing recently in The Washington Post (“Middle East Priorities,” Nov. 21), Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, two former US National Security Advisors, a Republican and a Democrat, . . . |
 Hebron settler riots were out and out pogroms
December 6, 2008
Avi Issacharoff
An innocent Palestinian family, numbering close to 20 people. All of them women and children, save for three men. Surrounding them are a few dozen masked Jews seeking to lynch them. A pogrom. This . . . |  Palestinian groups object to new Jerusalem Master Plan
November 27, 2008
ICAHD
Civic Coalition for Defending the Palestinians' Rights in J . . . |
 Swiss Federal Dpt Press Release re: House Demolitions
November 16, 2008
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is deeply concerned about the destruction of houses belonging to Palestinian families in East Jerusalem. It demands that the Israeli governme . . . |  A Bone in America's Throat
November 10, 2008
Jeff Halper
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 s . . . |
 Switzerland: Israel breaking int'l law by razing Palestinian homes
November 14, 2008
AP
Switzerland accused Israel on Thursday of wantonly destroying Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem and near Ramallah in violation of the Geneva Conventions' rules on military occupation.
T . . . |  Junk
August 11, 2008
Dr. Meir Margalit
The demolition order against buildings in Anata, north Jerusalem, which for the past 80 years has been home to the Jadua-Kabua clan, a branch of the Jahlin tribe, could have been yet another, stan . . . |
 With the Media focused on the U.S. elections, Israel steps up Home Demolitions in Occupied East Jerusalem
November 8, 2008
NAD-PLO
PRESS RELEASE
Palestine Liberation Organization
Negotiations Affairs Department
Ramallah, occupied Palestinian territory
This morning, Chief Palestinian Negotiator Dr. S . . . |  Five more demolitions in East Jerusalem
November 6, 2008
Jimmy
Yesterday the Municipality of Jerusalem demolished four houses and one banquet hall in Shuafat and Silwan. The period during Ramadan and the High Holidays was very quiet in the city with the large . . . |
 The Palestinians: Warehousing a “Surplus People”
September 14, 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 . . . |  Mayoral candidate backs large new settlement in East Jerusalem
October 28, 2008
Jonathan Lis
Nir Barkat, the leading non-Orthodox candidate for mayor of Jerusalem, backs the establishment of a controversial new Jewish neighborhood near the village of Anata, at the foot of the French Hill . . . |
 Police detain Israeli for entering Gaza in blockade-busting boat
August 27, 2008
By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters
Police on Tuesday detained an Israeli activist who had sailed to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to challenge Israel's blockade of the coastal region.
They accused Jeff Halper, who also holds . . . |  End of an Odyssey
September 1, 2008
Jeff Halper
Now, a few days after my release from jail in the wake of my trip to Gaza, I’m posting a few notes to sum things up.
First, the mission of the Free Gaza Movement to break the Israeli sie . . . |
 Haniyeh: Arrival of blockade-busting boats spells end of Gaza siege
August 24, 2008
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday welcomed two boats that sailed from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip in efforts to break the Israeli-imposed blockade on the Palestinian territory, saying that the . . . |  Israeli prof. joins 40 activists sailing to Gaza
August 11, 2008
Ofri Ilani (Haaretz)
Like many Israelis in the summer months, Prof. Jeff Halper departed for Cyprus last week from Ben-Gurion International Airport. However, Halper, a veteran left-wing activist from Jerusalem, will n . . . |
 ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 14 the closing ceremony
September 24, 2008
Jill
Today has been a study in extremes, with devastation followed by two small victories. In the space of only eight hours, I witnessed five Palestinian families being forced from their homes by . . . |  ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 13
September 24, 2008
Linda
The end of the summer camp now in sight and amongst the international participants, it is evident that mixed emotions are being shared. There is the growing sense of accomplishment over the h . . . |
 ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 11
September 24, 2008
ICAHD Volunteers
Today was overflowing with activity. The work on the big house continued at a steady pace, and I have learned that chains of volunteers are critical to efficiency when there are few labor-saving m . . . |  ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 10
September 24, 2008
ICAHD Volunteers
Visit to the Negev desert and the Bedouins.
The desert is no longer the desert as we could clearly see as we arrived the Negev area. Most of the former Bedouin land has now turned i . . . |
 ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 8
September 24, 2008
Maria
Now that the Taher family has moved into their new house, there is still plenty of work to be done on the other house we are rebuilding. The family who will move into the house next week, the . . . |  ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 7
September 24, 2008
ICAHD Volunteers
Today, after seven days of building, the Taher family were handed the keys to their new house. Due to the effort and commitment of all the volunteers of the Summer Camp and the local workers, . . . |
 ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 6
July 25, 2008
Noah
As activism is often a balance between theory and praxis – today we explored the latter with a tour of Ramle and Lod, two towns just outside of Tel Aviv that are mixed communities of Palestin . . . |  ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 5
July 25, 2008
Jed
Today started off a little slow as a large contingent of the camp, led by our Spanish delegation, danced the night away after last night’s presentation in Jerusalem. Once everyone woke, some . . . |
 ICAHD Building Camp 2008: Day 4
July 25, 2008
Lua
A new day…we start the day working on the reconstruction of the houses demolished by the Israeli Army. During the morning we work and after, the Spanish delegation guided by Meir, are shown . . . |
