The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions' email action listserve.

If pressured to address specific issues we believe that it will make it more difficult for the Israeli government to hide behind the popular excuse of security. Israel can assert that the "Security Barrier" is to avert terror attacks but when broken down to specific examples the excuse crumbles. Many other policies can be exposed in the same manner. Additionally, having up-to-date, specific information can help empower local activists in their own campaigns.

We anticipate sending out emails as much as a few times each week for this campaign and of course encourage everyone to join up. Recognizing that not everybody has the time and inbox space, we have set up a new listserve for this. Send an email to icahdaction-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe. If responding to the ICAHD Action Notice via email we'd be interested to see what you send, feel free to cc us the email at lucia@icahd.org.

All of these emails will have in the background information, details about the situation and contact information for groups working on the broader issue. The Palestinian Environmental NGO Network's (PENGON's) campaign against The Wall and our own campaign against home demolitions would be examples. We might send an Action Notice about something happening in Qalkilya but people interested in doing further work would be encouraged to contact groups like the Rhode Island-Qalkilya Alliance. We believe that if we frame this campaign of specifics in a broader context we can make a contribution to the efforts of groups already doing work on some of the issues we will address. This campaign is meant to compliment the grassroots solidarity, information and media campaigns that are already changing the way people see the conflict here.

We at ICAHD thank everyone in advance for signing up and look forward to working with all of you in the struggle for peace and justice in the Middle East.