August 2026 Newsletter

What Finally Broke Abu Hassan

After Jeff Halper recorded his August update, he prepared additional text giving more context to his heartfelt cry on the urgency of the moment. Just before the recording began, he received a phone call from a friend and comrade, Abu Hassan of Beit Ummar, who broke down into uncontrollable sobbing. Abu Hassan is a strong man, a farmer who has spent his entire life resisting, but had now reached an endpoint.

July's Demolition & Displacement Report

On 14th July 2026 the Israeli Civil Administration, with the army, demolished 15 residential shelters and 13 latrines in the Arab al Jahalin Bedouin community near Immatin (Qalqiliya) in Area C. Between January and July, Israel demolished 1,001 Palestinian homes and structures across East Jerusalem and the West Bank — expected to reach a record high by year end.

ICAHD UK's Annual Conference — another speaker announced

Saturday 17th October 2026, the Wesley Hotel, London. Jonathan Coulter has been added to the speaker list; he represents CAMPAIN, which campaigns against misrepresentation in public affairs, information and the news, and since October 2023 has concentrated on coverage of Palestine–Israel.

ICAHD UK at the Greenbelt Festival

Kettering, 27th–30th August. Visit the ICAHD UK stall — a quiz about demolitions for adults, an activity sheet for children, and resources on Israel's settler colonialism, the dangers of two-state apartheid, Israel's hasbara, challenging Christian Zionism, and the vision for one democratic state.

Dates for your diary

Saturday 10th October — National March for Palestine, noon, central London. Saturday 17th October — ICAHD UK Annual Conference. 26th October – 4th November — UK-Palestine Mental Health Network Study Tour. 9th–19th November — ICAHD Study Tour.

— ICAHD (icahd.org)
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