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  • October 2010  saw a dramatic rise in violence through out the mixed city of Lod. Due to the situation, the Israeli government created an urgent development plan for the city. The budget allocated 4 million NIS for welfare needs, 10 million NIS towards crime prevention programs and 40 million NIS (a full...

    Abu Eid family compound demolished in Lod

    Posted on February 8, 2012 | No Comments
    October 2010  saw a dramatic rise in violence through out the mixed city of Lod. Due to the situation, the Israeli government created an urgent development plan for the city. The budget allocated 4 million NIS for welfare needs, 10 million NIS towards crime prevention programs and 40 million NIS (a full...

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  • The village of Fasayil is located in the middle of the Jordan Valley off Road 90. The lower area of the village is located in area A, and is under Palestinian Authority control, while both middle and upper Fasayil are located in area C, under Israeli control. Fasayil Al Wusta...

    Homes demolished in Fasayil

    Posted on February 8, 2012 | No Comments
    The village of Fasayil is located in the middle of the Jordan Valley off Road 90. The lower area of the village is located in area A, and is under Palestinian Authority control, while both middle and upper Fasayil are located in area C, under Israeli control. Fasayil Al Wusta...

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  • Israeli authorities demolished Beit Arabiya (“Arabiya’s House”) last night (Monday, January 23rd) for the fifth time, along with structures in the East Anata Bedouin compound. Beit Arabiya, located in the West Bank town of Anata (Area C) just to the northeast of Jerusalem, is a living symbol of resistance to...

    ICAHD Peace Center ‘Beit Arabiya’ Demolished for the Fifth Time

    Posted on February 8, 2012 | No Comments
    Israeli authorities demolished Beit Arabiya (“Arabiya’s House”) last night (Monday, January 23rd) for the fifth time, along with structures in the East Anata Bedouin compound. Beit Arabiya, located in the West Bank town of Anata (Area C) just to the northeast of Jerusalem, is a living symbol of resistance to...

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  • On the morning of January 24th, Israeli authorities demolished the home of the Abu Omar family, rebuilt by ICAHD in July 2011. The Abu Omar family home, built in 1990 on privately owned land, was demolished by the Israeli military in 2005. Ahmed Abu Omar (46) had applied for a building permit, but was...

    Anata Home Rebuilt by ICAHD Demolished

    Posted on February 8, 2012 | No Comments
    On the morning of January 24th, Israeli authorities demolished the home of the Abu Omar family, rebuilt by ICAHD in July 2011. The Abu Omar family home, built in 1990 on privately owned land, was demolished by the Israeli military in 2005. Ahmed Abu Omar (46) had applied for a building permit, but was...

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  • Mr. D is the patriarch of an extended family living near Hebron. The clan has resided in the Hebron area for over 1,000 years and now numbers over 19,000 people in the Hebron district. Over 34 dunams (8.5 acres) of Mr. D’s land was confiscated for an illegal Israeli settlement...

    Family D: Watching settlers harvest their trees

    Posted on December 21, 2011 | No Comments
    Mr. D is the patriarch of an extended family living near Hebron. The clan has resided in the Hebron area for over 1,000 years and now numbers over 19,000 people in the Hebron district. Over 34 dunams (8.5 acres) of Mr. D’s land was confiscated for an illegal Israeli settlement...

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  •   Mr. K is a high school mathematics teacher who lives with his family in the village of Shukba in the central West Bank. One day his wife called him at work to say that the Israeli army has arrived and was about to demolish their home. By the time...

    Family K: No “natural growth”

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
      Mr. K is a high school mathematics teacher who lives with his family in the village of Shukba in the central West Bank. One day his wife called him at work to say that the Israeli army has arrived and was about to demolish their home. By the time...

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  • Mr. F lives in the village of Shukba in the Central West Bank. The Israeli army destroyed 6 houses in the village in one day in 2006. Though it had proved impossible to obtain building permits from the Israeli authorities, Mr. F built a home for his family of seven...

    Family F: Refused permits, built anyway

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Mr. F lives in the village of Shukba in the Central West Bank. The Israeli army destroyed 6 houses in the village in one day in 2006. Though it had proved impossible to obtain building permits from the Israeli authorities, Mr. F built a home for his family of seven...

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  • Mr. M2 built his home in 2006, adjacent to his parent’s home on the family land. In 2007 they were forced to dismantle the home by the Israeli Authorities under threat of massive demolitions in the village. The people of Kebia are mostly farmers, construction workers, and a handful of...

    Family M2: Your house or your village.

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Mr. M2 built his home in 2006, adjacent to his parent’s home on the family land. In 2007 they were forced to dismantle the home by the Israeli Authorities under threat of massive demolitions in the village. The people of Kebia are mostly farmers, construction workers, and a handful of...

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  • Zatara is situated just south of Jerusalem in Area ‘C’ near the Har Homa settlement. The family paid over 7,000 shekels to apply for a building permit in 1995 but was refused. Mr. M went ahead and built a home on their own land in 1996 and lived there with...

    M family suffers two house demolitions

    Posted on July 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Zatara is situated just south of Jerusalem in Area ‘C’ near the Har Homa settlement. The family paid over 7,000 shekels to apply for a building permit in 1995 but was refused. Mr. M went ahead and built a home on their own land in 1996 and lived there with...

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  • ICAHD Staff Jeff Halper, Director of ICAHD, received the Kant World Citizen Prize 2009, together with Brazilian Bishop Dom Luiz Cappio. It was awarded to the two prominent human rights activists by the Kant Foundation of Freiburg, Germany. The main purpose of the foundation is the promotion of courageous and...

    Dr. Jeff Halper Receives Kant World Citizen Prize

    Posted on May 21, 2009 | No Comments
    ICAHD Staff Jeff Halper, Director of ICAHD, received the Kant World Citizen Prize 2009, together with Brazilian Bishop Dom Luiz Cappio. It was awarded to the two prominent human rights activists by the Kant Foundation of Freiburg, Germany. The main purpose of the foundation is the promotion of courageous and...

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