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?
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
Action Palestine (student network) Action Palestine was founded at Manchester University in 2006. As a student organisation, it seeks to raise awareness particularly of issues for Palestinian students living under Israeli occupation.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk Amnesty International UK - the UK branch of the leading human rights organisation
http://www.ijv.org.uk/ Independent Jewish Voices - a new organisation of British Jews with a radical agenda advocating their views on a variety of issues, a principal one being their opposition to Israel's occupation of Palestine
http://www.palestinecampaign.org Palestine Solidarity Campaign - the UK's largest NGO campaigning for Palestinian rights, with regional groups in most major cities
http://www.jfjp.org The leading British Jewish organisation fighting for Palestinian rights
http://www.ochaopt.org UN agency - The Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian Territories aims to improve the humanitarian situation by enhancing coordination between agencies.
