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Matrix of Control

While supposedly negotiating the end to the Occupation and the emergence of a Palestinian state, Israel has continued to develop a Matrix of Control over the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem through land expropriation, settlement expansion, the construction of exclusively 'Israeli' roads, an economic closure and the creation of controlling "facts" on the ground. The dismantling of the Matrix of Control is the key to achieving a just peace.


Why Is There Inter-Factional Fighting among Palestinians?

Read "The Psychosocial Causes for the Palestinian Factional War" by Dr. Eyad El-Sarraj, who works in Gaza

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"Why Don't Hamas Just Recognise Israel"?

Read "The Trap of Recognising Israel", by Jonathan Cook, a British journalist living in Israel

Patrons of ICAHD UK
Prof Marc Ellis
Uri Fruchtmann
Prof Colin J Green
The Rt Rev Michael Langrish
(Bishop of Exeter)
Prof Ilan Pappe
John Pilger
Prof Avi Shlaim
Clare Short MP
Baroness Jenny Tonge



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Jeff Halper Held in Ashkelon Prison
August 26, 2008
ICAHD UK
Prof Jeff Halper, Director of ICAHD, is spending Tuesday evening, 26 August, in jail. After being part of the group of international peace activists that sailed from Cyprus to Gaza as part of the . . .
SS Free Gaza and SS Liberty Arrive in Gaza from Cyprus to Bust Blockade
August 24, 2008
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein
Civilians from 17 nations, none of them experienced sailors, set out from Cyprus in two wooden boats and have succeeded in breaking the blockade of Gaza, enforced off the coast of Gaza by Israeli . . .
ICAHD Fights Against ‘quiet ethnic cleansing'
August 5, 2008
Jonathan Cook
Jonathan Cook, journalist of repute, describes in this article how the Spanish government and Quakers in the UK have funded Israeli activists in an act of defiance against razing of . . .
Free Gaza Movement –. Boats Attempt to Break Gaza Blockade
August 8, 2008
ICAHD UK
For months, ICAHD’s Advocacy Officer, Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, has been part of the team working behind the scenes preparing for the launch of two boats sailing from Cyprus to Gaza, breaking Isra . . .
AN ISRAELI JEW IN GAZA: A STATEMENT BY JEFF HALPER
August 5, 2008
Jeff Halper
In another few day, I will sail on one of the Free Gaza movement boats from Cyprus to Gaza. The mission is to break the Israeli siege, an absolutely illegal siege which has plunged a million and a . . .
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 . . .
The Healing Music of David D'Or - a Report from WOMAD
August 11, 2008
Jane Sorrell
In a somewhat desperate bid to capture all ‘the wonders of Womad’ I dashed from one arena to another in my remaining precious few moments there!! In the process I happened upon the most wonderful . . .
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 . . .
Born to Demolish
April 16, 2008
Jeff Halper
It was another of those routine tragedies that are never publicized. At eight in the morning we at ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions) received a call that the Border Police, I . . .
Sixty years after Deir Yassin
August 4, 2008
Ronnie Kasrils, The Electronic Intifada
As a 10-year-old growing up in Johannesburg, I celebrated Israel's birth, 60 years ago. I unquestionably accepted the dramatic accounts of so-called self-defensive actions against Arab violence, t . . .
ICAHD UK Member Publishes Novel
May 26, 2008
Lisa Saffron
"Checkpoint tells a story about the lives of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians caught up in a conflict without hope of resolution. It is about families and friendships. My experience liste . . .
A Report on Jeff Halper's London Book Launch
May 31, 2008
ICAHD UK
This Thursday was the official launch of Jeff Halper's new book, "An Israeli in Palestine", at a public event in Hampstead. Extra chairs had to be put out for the numbers of people who came to lis . . .
ICAHD Launches New Web Site - www.annapolismonitor.net
March 12, 2008
Jeff Halper
On November 27, 2007, amidst great fanfare (accompanied by a "lowering of expectations"), the United States and Israel - with the Palestinians, the Europeans, the Russians and the UN pulled in by . . .
Gaza: An Humanitarian Implosion - A Report by Various Relief Agencies
March 13, 2008
Amnesty, Cafod, Oxfam, Christian Aid and others
The situation for 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is worse now than it has ever been since the start of the Israeli military occupation in 1967. The current situation in Gaza is man-mad . . .
RETHINKING ISRAEL AFTER SIXTY YEARS
May 18, 2008
Jeff halper
Israeli Independence Day 2008, marking the sixtieth anniversary of the rise of the Jewish State, should be cause for sober reflection and re-evaluation as well as celebration. Indeed, we Israeli J . . .
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 . . .
Emergency in Gaza - Why the Siege Must Be Lifted - Now!
February 16, 2008
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein's Presentation to Parliamentarians
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, ICAHD’s Advocacy Officer, delivered the following speech to a meeting at the Houses of Parliament on Monday, attended by MPs. She represented ICAHD at the meeting on a pa . . .
"Now the Blinkers Are Off!"
July 2, 2008
Seth Freedman in The Guardian
"A year after my tour with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, I did it again - this time with a very different mindset...."

A year more in the life of Seth Freedman since he . . .
A Great Advocacy Tool
February 27, 2007
ICAHD UK
Buy "The Iron Wall" from ICAHD UK

Please consider buying this revealing film to show to friends, local churches, Amnesty International groups . . .
Campaign to End the Siege in Gaza
December 13, 2007
Coalition
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, support and uphold the call of a coalition of organizations and individuals in Gaza for an international campaign to end the siege on Gaza. We ca . . .
Demolition Statistics Since 1967
October 19, 2007
Jeff Halper
These are figures for Palestinian homes. If approximately 120,000 Druze and Arabs were expelled from the Syria Golan Heights in 1967 and their villages (134 in number) were completely demolished, . . .
UN Report States that 38% of West Bank Taken Over by Israeli Infrastructure
September 10, 2007
ICAHD UK
A new report by UNOCHA has been released which highlights the extent to which Israel's settlements and roads in the West Bank have reduced the Palestinian territory to enclaves, with a resultant h . . .
World Bank Report - Israeli Occupation Policies Are for Benefit of Settler Expansion
May 10, 2007
World Bank
As part of its ongoing analytical work on Palestinian trade facilitation and economic revival, the World Bank released its latest report today, entitled Movement and Access Restrictions in the Wes . . .
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 . . .

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ICAHD UK supports the work of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) in Israel. ICAHD campaigns against Israeli occupation and oppression in the Palestinian Territories and to Bedouin communities within Israel                             


A Study Tour Group at the Wall

Study Tour to Israel/Palestine, November 2008

There's nothing like going to see the situation on the ground, and meeting the people living it. Experience Travel Tours, with ICAHD, is offering an 11 day tour in the Autumn, meeting the people who count, both Israeli and Palestinian, in the struggle for peace and justice. Details here.
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ICAHD plans to replace 300 demolished Palestinian homes over the next year.
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