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The Campaign for Secure Dwellings is a network of congregations and other groups
in North America / Europe working to end the Israeli military occupation of the
West Bank and Gaza Strip. Since June 1995, a Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) has worked at violence reduction in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. From initial work on the streets in the city, we came to know the extent of the violence of demolitions to Palestinian homes by the Israeli military. We also met and began working with Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers. They identified home demolitions as one of the most damaging and indefensible human rights violations of the occupation. Starting in late 1997, in cooperation with the Palestinian Land Defense Committee, Rabbis for Human Rights, and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, we initiated the Campaign for Secure Dwellings (CSD) to stop home demolitions, particularly in and around Hebron. Today the Campaign for Secure Dwellings continues this effort by matching churches and groups in North America /Europe with individual Palestinian families and neighborhoods whose homes are threatened with demolition. Through CPT visit reports, the North American / European CSD partners can understand in a personal way the vulnerability of Palestinian families facing this threat and are motivated to work for change in the home demolition policy of the Israeli government. Palestinian CSD partners are encouraged with the knowledge that there are people in North America /Europe who know of their danger and care enough to work on their behalf. During the years of the Campaign for Secure Dwellings, the number of home demolitions tapered off until, for a period of over a year, the Israeli military demolished no homes in the Hebron district. When the home demolitions resumed, our Palestinian and Israeli peacemaker friends were of one mind: as long as the Israeli military occupation continues, no Palestinian home is safe. Ending the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is essential to any hope for peace in Israel/Palestine. As we added to the number of churches and other groups in the Campaign for Secure Dwellings, we passed the limit of our ability to connect each group in North America / Europe with a partner Palestinian family. We now match North American / European partners with a neighborhood: the CPT Hebron team maintains contact with Palestinian partner families still threatened with home demolitions in: Al Sendas, the Baqa=a valley and Beit Ummar, neighborhoods to the south, east and north of Hebron, respectively. We welcome new groups to the Campaign for Secure Dwellings. The information in this packet will help you understand the commitment you will make as a CSD partner. Back to CSD main page. |
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