January 09: Land grab in Abu Dis while people look at Gaza: 4000 donums of land given back to Abu Dis following a High Court decision in August 2008 were quietly taken away again by the Israeli authorities in early January 2009 : the military took the land and told local people that the Ministry of Defence had now reconsidered the court judgement and that it was now a closed military zone.
15th January: Women and girls demonstrate in Abu Dis against Israeli aggression on Gaza
Camden Trades Council joins London Gaza demo
10th January: CADFA joins throng of 200,000 protesting against the Israeli atrocities in Gaza
Placard made for a women-and-girls demonstration in Abu Dis concentrating on the situation of the children in Gaza
Banner in the middle of Abu Dis calling on people to donate goods for the people of Gaza.
Stop the ring road - website of a group of Palestinian and American law students concerned with human rights and the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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CADFA letter to MEPs re EU-Israeli agreement and some responses doc doc doc doc
Vigil for Mariam Ayyad in Camden on 27 September 08
25.9.08: The Middle East Quartet: a progress report - picture of Abu Dis on page 12 pdf
22 September 08: CADFA press release on Maryam Ayyad who was killed in her own house by the Israeli army. See photo, press release, flier and news links below: docdoc pdf
International frontier between Abu Dis and Bethlehem?:These pictures show Israeli work at the Container checkpoint south of Abu Dis, between Abu Dis and Bethlehem.
Sunday, 17th February 2008, 4pm: Special concert at the Al Quds University Theatre with the Saddaqa Trio from Camden, the Camden Dar Assadaqa Ensemble from Abu Dis, and the Al-Quds University Band. And at 6pm at the new Dar Assadaqa building in the main street near the old mosque the official opening of the new Dar Assadaqa by Baroness Jenny Tonge
Valentine's Message: CADFA supporters post an oversized letter to the Israeli Embassy demanding reopening of enquiry into boys' school attack last 14th Feb
14 Feb 08: CADFA calls for reopening of enquiry into Abu Dis Boys' School attack
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Snow in Abu Dis - the video
31 January 08: Snow in Abu Dis - message from a friend in Bethany doc
Announcement for health day for people with diabetes at the Camden Clinic on 24 Jan 08
CADFA work 2007-8
21.1.08: Press Release: Camden taking part in national Palestinian women's visit in March doc
21 January 08: Candle-lit march in Abu Dis calls for the lifting of the siege in Gaza. At least a hundred people from Abu Dis have marched today from the old mosque in Abu Dis to the house of Abu Ala, Ahmed Qureia, calling for an ending to negotiations with Israel until they stop the massacres and the siege on Gaza. Click for press releases on the situation from the UN Human Rights office, Al Haq and Defence for Children International (Palestinian human rights organisations) This is one of dozens of demonstrations across the West Bank and there are demonstrations across the Arab world today. On Saturday 26th there will be an international day of action against the siege on Gaza and CADFA in London will be supporting a demonstration outside Parliament.
Concert for Palestine details pdfClick here and here for more info
Abu Dis fencing champion: Hanin Halabiyeh (17) from Abu Dis Girls' School has been chosen as one of the Palestinian fencing team. In April 2007, she travelled with the team to Sweden and in August 2007, to Poland. Hanin has currently got fourth place of nine countries. (Hanin was one of the young people who visited London with CADFA in June 2006)
Camden Clinic Health Day announcement December 07: A day for diabetics, including tests and medicine - important because of the difficulty for people in Abu Dis of getting to hospitals in Jerusalem. doc
17th November 07: Israeli authorities prevent CADFA Abu Dis co ordinator from travelling to London with Abu Dis group doc
"Twin Carriages" - Installation at the Institute of Education by Isabella Lockett November 2007 Shows the Separation Wall at Abu Dis through one window and the Maale Adumim settlement (on Abu Dis land) through the other
19 October 07: CADFA Press Release: Human rights group appeal to Tony Blair
14 October 07: CADFA Press Release: Camden human rights group condemns Israeli takeover of Abu Dis lands doc
Celebrating CADFA's 3rd birthday party 14th October 2007
"Racism, apartheid and Palestine Today" [New Worker, 14.10.07] doc
"Children in the front line" [Morning Star, 11.8.07] doc
Lecturers' Free Speech Tour of Palestine [April 08] in conjunction with UCU branches in Camden. See leaflet below: doc
Camden Abu Dis Calendar 2008 - 16 full-colour pages with excellent pictures of Abu Dis and relevant information - see leaflet below and Shop: other items pdf
Teachers prepare for Middle East fact-finding trip [Camden New Journal] doc
"Campaigners' Palestinian Link Plea" [Camden New Journal] doc
Front page of the very special CADFA calendar 2008 with pictures of Abu Dis taken by people from Camden ... It includes reminders of useful dates in Palestine and Britain. The calendar is being printed in Abu Dis and will be available shortly…
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"Campaigners' Palestinian Link Plea" [Camden New Journal] doc
New political prisoners' museum opens in Al Quds University, Abu Dis Campus
Another checkpoint birth near Abu Dis on Friday 7th September 2007. Wedian Abu Romi from Azariyeh was not allowed through the checkpoint in time to have her baby in hospital, having been kept waiting by the Israeli police, along with her family, when they were asking for permission to pass. Click here and here for more.
Letters to Camden New Journal about CADFA motion at Camden Council doc
Thank you letter from the young people who came to London, written together at a meeting in Abu Dis doc
The programme of activities at Dar Assadaqa, August 2007. It shows special sessions for children for music, English, dabkeh (Palestinian dance) and first aid, extra maths and physics classes for young people doing their towjehi (A-level equivalent), and fitness classes for women. Alongside this run the activities of the Dar Assadaqa summer camp including games and outings etc. doc
26 July 07: Abu Dis children's visit - article and picture [Camden New Journal] doc
26 July 07: Piece on Abu Dis children's visit [Ham & High] doc
Palestine children visit London - BSN Satellite News
19 July 07: "Palestinians looking forward to Heath visit" [Ham & High] doc
"THE FIRST SIX DAYS: Abu Dis Memories of the Six-day War in 1967 - the Beginning of the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip"(Paperback). Click here to purchase.
Announcements [Arabic] for Friendship House summer activities 2007: doc doc doc
(1) Youth summer camp (the second one at Dar Assadaqa, with cultural, educational and sports activities and outings, teachers from Abu Dis and volunteers from London)
(2) Help with school subjects - maths, physics and English
(3) And a special outing for women to the village of Birzeit and its swimming pool
Press release from Camden Clinic on 12th June 07. The release talks about recent special health days there: Eye Day and Diabetes Day with health checks and free medicine, also blood donation sessions (These special events run in co-operation with the Jerusalem Eye Hospital, the Al Muqassed Hospital in Jerusalem and Palestinian Medical Relief)
It also points out that the clinic is supported by CADFA and that it opened at the beginning of April 2007 and is staffed by doctors from Abu Dis working as volunteers.
Freedom Kites: On 5th June 2007, 40 years to the day after the June war started and the Israeli army occupied the West Bank, children in Abu Dis and Camden flew kites to call for freedom. See below for CADFA leaflet, local newspaper pieces, links to television news items, and photos from Abu Dis below and Camden.
Camden Clinic, Abu Dis: Below are the 2 sides of an information card produced by Camden Clinic, Abu Dis - This is a clinic opened by their health links group with our support. This week, they have started a blood donor session there as well. This card has been sent home with all schoolchildren in Abu Dis because it gives the information and phone numbers of all the medical services in Abu Dis.
Cover of the first Dar Assadaqa women's group magazine, produced in early summer 2007
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Ali Sabbah from Abu Dis went to Jordan during the 1967 war, and was not allowed by Israel to return. He used to manage to come occasionally to Abu Dis, crossing the borders illegally at night, to visit his family, but he was killed in 1969 by Israeli planes in Jordan. This is the only photograph his family have of him.
Reuters footage of children's visit - voice-over missing but transcript to follow shortly
Powerpoint presentation on Foundation for Al-Quds University Medical School [FQMS]
Powerpoint presentation on the Wall at Abu Dis
The Iron Wall - a film directed by Mohammed Alatar
Old picture of Abu Dis
Abu Dis Boys' School Attack: CADFA follow-up statement No 8 [corrected 23 May 07] doc
Photos from Abu Dis women's visit to Camden, May 2007
April 2007: Report on human rights situation in Abu Dis doc doc
Abu Dis woman in labour forced to go to hospital alone doc
Abu Dis child's picture for Freedom Kites event on 5th June doc
Degrading treatment of Abu Dis Councillor:Ali Ayyad, a Council member from Abu Dis, was asked by the Israelis to go with his brothers to Jerusalem in order to discuss the future of the Cliff Hotel (here called the "imprisoned" Cliff Hotel) which the Israelis have taken over, and which is owned by the Ayyad family. In order to do that, they had to seek a permit from the Civil Department near the Jabal Az Zaytoun checkpoint (or "terminal" as these big checkpoints are now called). On Wednesday 14th February they went to the Civil Department in order to get the permit. When they went there, Ali Ayyad was told to take off his clothes and made to sit on a wet, dirty chair in public for an hour. See Al Quds article below [Arabic]:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard
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Letter from Baroness Jenny Tonge about Abu Dis Boys' School outrage [Jewish Chronicle] doc
23 February 07: The Association for the Human Rights of Citizens in Israel - in Jerusalem - has written an urgent request to the Head of the Police Investigations Department and the Head of the Border Police asking for an inquiry into the attack on the Abu Dis Boys' School. See Al Quds article below:
Statement in Arabic on Israeli attack on Abu Dis Boys School doc
Degrading treatment of Abu Dis Councillor: Ali Ayyad, a Council member from Abu Dis, went with his brothers to Jerusalem on Wednesday 14th February. They had been asked to go by the Israelis in order to discuss the future of the Cliff Hotel (here called the "imprisoned" Cliff Hotel) which the Israelis have taken over, and which is owned by the Ayyad family. At the checkpoint (or "terminal" as these big checkpoints are now called), Ali Ayyad was told to take off his clothes and made to sit on a wet, dirty chair in public for an hour. See Al Quds article below [Arabic]:
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