Jeff Halper, invited by the Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft (DPG) is professor of Anthropology and co-founder and director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition (ICAHD. The committee belongs to the first Israeli peace groups working together with Palestinians in Israel and the Occupied Territories. The ICAHD uses non-violent and legal means to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes. In August 2008 Halper has taken part with the FreeGazaMovement in the crossing of the two solidarity boats, the ?Free Gaza? and the ?Liberty? from Cyprus to the Harbour of Gaza trying to break the Israeli blockage. His actions have focused world-wide attention on the consequences of Israeli occupation policy for the Palestinians and he was nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. On May 9, 2009 on the so-called ?Europe-Day? the Freiburg Kant Foundation awarded the Immanuel-Kant-Weltbürgerpreis to Jeff Halper.