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CJPP regrets that the visit to Sydney by Dr Jeff Halper has been postponed
due to his commitment to help break the siege of Gaza
Dr Halper,
with 40 other human rights activists will soon set sail for the Gaza
Strip, with the goal of breaking the siege Israel has imposed there.
Halper, a lecturer in anthropology and the chairman of the Israel
Committee Against House Demolitions, is the only Jewish Israeli who
will sail aboard the ship, Free Gaza.
due to his commitment to help break the siege of Gaza
Dr Halper,
with 40 other human rights activists will soon set sail for the Gaza
Strip, with the goal of breaking the siege Israel has imposed there.
Halper, a lecturer in anthropology and the chairman of the Israel
Committee Against House Demolitions, is the only Jewish Israeli who
will sail aboard the ship, Free Gaza. It
is still unclear how the Israel Defense Forces will react to the
arrival of the two ships on the Gaza coast. The ships still have not
reached Cyprus which means they probably won’t get to Gaza (if at
all) for at least week and with no idea about what will actually happen
then. As the only Israeli Jew on board, Jeff feels that he has a
responsibility to both the group and the Palestinians to remain with
them. So he feels it would be unrealistic to expect to catch his flight
to Australia as planned.
Dr Jeff Halper & The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
Dr. Jeff Halper has been a peace
and human rights activist for
more than three decades. In 1997, Halper co-founded the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) to challenge and resist the Israeli policy of demolishing Palestinian homes. Dr. Halper has organized and led nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience against Israel’s occupation policies.
He has put his own personal safety on the line, facing bulldozers in front of Palestinian homes, confronting Israeli soldiers while organising Israelis, Palestinians,
and internationals to help rebuild
demolished Palestinian homes“We think, as Israelis, that Jews and Arabs should live together,” Halper says. “Palestinians have rights of self-determination just like we have. We have to fight
also for their rights. One of our
slogans is ‘we refuse to be their enemies.’”
More: ICAHD USA
Coalition for Justice & Peace in Palestine
PO Box 399
Dulwich Hill NSW 2203
cjpp@coalitionforpalestine.org