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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ACRI’s Position Paper on Israel’s JNF Lands Policy
September 25, 2007
This document outlines ACRI’s position regarding a draft bill institutionalizing the State’s discriminatory management of lands owned by the Jewish … Read more
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High Court to Deliberate on JNF’s Discriminatory Land Policy
September 23, 2007
Tenders for Jews Only Violate Rights of Arab Citizens, ACRI argues JERUSALEM – September 23, 2007 – Israel’s High Court … Read more
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“Jews Only” Tender for Marketing Land in Carmiel Cancelled
May 21, 2007
An intervention by ACRI and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) has prompted the Israel Lands Administration (ILA) to … Read more
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State reneges on promise to Bedouin population
October 17, 2006
As a result of the Supreme Court’‘s deliberation on the petition submitted by ACRI, to protest the state decision to … Read more
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ACRI halts illegitimate decision-making process by ILA
March 6, 2006
As a result of a ACRI’s written correspondence with the Israel Lands Authority and the Attorney General to protest a … Read more
