Icahd-Obstacles to Peace, Jeff Halper

OBSTACLES TO PEACE
A REFRAMING OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Written and Presented By
Jeff Halper
Cartography By
Michael Younan and PalMap of GSE
March 2009
Fourth Edition
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Fourth Printing, 2009
Design & Typesetting by ICAHD
Cover Pictures: Anne Paq / activestills.org
Cover: e-qube Design Studio
Printed by Shmuel Tal, Jerusalem
Published by
ICAHD
PO Box 2030
Jerusalem 91020
Israel
+972 2 624-5560
info@icahd.org
ISBN : 978-965-90262-1-4
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions wishes to thank the following for their
generous support for our activities: Agencia De Cooperación Española Internacional para el
Desarrollo, Asamblea De Cooperación Por La Paz, Christian Aid, Comité Catholique Contre
la Faim et pour le Développement, Mennonite Central Committee, NGO Development
Center.
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THE ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOUSE DEMOLITIONS
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) is a non- violent Israeli
direct-action organization established in 1997 to end Israel’s Occupation over the
Palestinians. ICAHD takes as its main focus, as its vehicle for resistance, Israel’s policy of
demolishing Palestinian homes in the Occupied Territories – over 24,000 homes destroyed
since 1967. The motivation for demolishing these homes is purely political: to...