Land Distribution and Planning Rights
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Land distribution and planning rights are among the spheres in which Arab citizens of Israel are subject to severe inequality and discrimination. Lacking adequate housing solutions and planning infrastructure, which will enable legal construction in Arab villages and towns, residents are left with no choice other than building without permits. Despite the state’s responsibility for this situation, it maintains a policy of house demolitions in Arab localities and mixed cities on the grounds of lacking a permit, and continues to refuse permits for new construction which results in the gradual, systematic strangling of small villages.
ACRI uses legal means and public advocacy to protest home demolitions, to encourage the recognition of unrecognized villages and neighborhoods, to challenge discriminatory policies within mixed Israeli cities, and to oppose new settlement construction on Arab-owned land or in areas currently inhabited by unrecognized populations.
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Take a Stand Against Demolishing Homes and Allow Construction!
January 19, 2017
Dear Friends, There’s a lot to unpack from the painful events that occurred this week. Yesterday we woke up … Read more
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Before Demolishing – Let People Build Legally!
January 17, 2017
You would not know it from reading the headlines, but last week the Arab community in Israel held a general … Read more
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Annul JNF representation on the Israel Land Council
August 23, 2016
The National Committee of Arab Local Authorities, Adalah, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Arab Center for … Read more
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Are only Jews allowed to live in settlements in the Negev?
November 22, 2015
The government has approved the establishment of five new settlements in the Negev, thereby advancing the discriminatory policy against the … Read more
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A New Booklet on Rights of Arab Residents Regarding Illegal Construction
September 29, 2014
Have you received a building termination order? Have you had an indictment filed against you for illegal construction? What … Read more
Legal Work
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Following ACRI Petition, Negev Committees of Inquiry to Include Arab Members
January 2, 2014
Interior Ministry announces appointment of Arab members to committees of inquiry on redistricting and revenue sharing in the Negev … Read more
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ACRI Petitions Court for Equal Representation in Important Negev Committees
December 19, 2013
No Arabs were appointed to Interior Ministry committees tasked with stabilizing revenue gaps among regional councils in the Negev … Read more
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Panel Unlawfully Using Outline Plan for Jerusalem
October 1, 2013
Bimkom and ACRI asked the court today to prevent the unapproved Jerusalem 2000 Outline Plan from being used to … Read more
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Update: ACRI Prepares to Defend Khirbet Zanuta in the Supreme Court
July 22, 2013
On September 9, 2013, the Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel … Read more
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Use Public Land to Benefit the Public, Not Just to Make Profit!
July 17, 2013
New petition seeks to alter the considerations according to which public land is allocated so that it benefits the public … Read more
In the Knesset
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Knesset Roundup | Summary of Summer Session 2011
August 22, 2011
Knesset Summary – Summer 2011 With the conclusion of the summer 2011 Knesset session, the Association for Civil … Read more
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Petition to the HCJ to Disqualify Acceptance to Communities Law
March 23, 2011
The Nakba Law and the Acceptance to Communities Law, part of the recent slew of anti-democratic legislation that ACRI has … Read more
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Final Vote Today on Nakba Law and Acceptance to Communities Bill
March 22, 2011
Two separate bills, two of the unfortunate “stars” of the recent slew of anti-democratic legislation that ACRI has been relentlessly … Read more
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ACRI Letter to MK Rotem: Admissions Committees
October 5, 2010
21 December, 2009 Attn: MK David Rotem Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee The Knesset Sent by … Read more
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ACRI Protests Exclusive Acquisition Group Participation in Housing Bid
May 13, 2009
ACRI to the Attorney-General: “The Land Administration is not merely a supplier of lands. It is a public body accountable … Read more
Publications
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A New Booklet on Rights of Arab Residents Regarding Illegal Construction
September 29, 2014
Have you received a building termination order? Have you had an indictment filed against you for illegal construction? What … Read more
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Ahead of President Obama’s Visit: Recent Human Rights Developments in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
March 12, 2013
The effects of the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem have wide-ranging consequences for the civilian Palestinian … Read more
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ACRI’s State of Human Rights Report 2012
December 16, 2012
ACRI’s 2012 Situation Report examines the current state of human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: house … Read more
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ACRI’s Shadow Report to the UN Committee on Economic and Social Rights
November 2, 2011
On 30 October 2011, ACRI presented a shadow report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. … Read more
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ACRI Calls on Government to Halt “Prawer Plan” on Bedouin Issues
September 1, 2011
The Prawer Plan, commissioned to implement the 2008 Goldberg Committee’s findings that the State of Israel must recognize the 35 … Read more
Media
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Netanyahu’s Housing Plan: Only a Partial Solution to the Crisis
July 26, 2011
The Coalition for Affordable Housing, of which ACRI is a member, is pleased that the government finally responded to the … Read more
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Council of Unrecognized Villages: Involve us in the outline plan to arrange status for our villages
March 28, 2011
The Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages (RCUV) in the Negev calls upon the Israeli government: Involve us in the outline plan … Read more
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“Of Little People and Landmark Decisions”
December 17, 2008
Haaretz article describes three ACRI cases which changed Israeli history The following article describes the personal stories behind a few … Read more
Policy Advocacy
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Following ACRI Petition, Negev Committees of Inquiry to Include Arab Members
January 2, 2014
Interior Ministry announces appointment of Arab members to committees of inquiry on redistricting and revenue sharing in the Negev … Read more
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Approval of Prawer Plan: continued discrimination of the Bedouin community
September 11, 2011
ACRI and Bimkom-Planners for Planning Rights strongly condemn the government’s decision today (11 September 2011) to vote in favor of … Read more
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Netanyahu’s Housing Plan: Only a Partial Solution to the Crisis
July 26, 2011
The Coalition for Affordable Housing, of which ACRI is a member, is pleased that the government finally responded to the … Read more
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ACRI Submits Objections to the Beersheba Metropolis Plan
October 31, 2007
Regional plan does not recognize 35 Bedouin villages, many of which have existed for decades, centuries In October 2007, ACRI, … Read more
Knesset Roundup
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Knesset Roundup | Summary of Summer Session 2011
August 22, 2011
Knesset Summary – Summer 2011 With the conclusion of the summer 2011 Knesset session, the Association for Civil … Read more
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Knesset Roundup | June 20
June 20, 2011
June 1 – June 27 2011 Recent Anti-Democratic Legislation Early June | Attorney General Opposes Bill Discriminating … Read more
