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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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
Legal Work
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Court Harshly Criticises State Attorney as ‘918’ Hearing is Delayed
July 8, 2013
Following the State’s foot dragging on responding to a petition against the forced evacuation of a thousand residents of … Read more
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Court Rules in Favor of Arab Planning Rights
June 13, 2013
The District Court for Administrative Matters has granted an ACRI appeal against plans to build a massive police station … Read more
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Information Sheet – Allocation of State Land in OPT
April 23, 2013
It has emerged from facts provided to ACRI and Bimkom, that only 0.7% of state lands in Area C … Read more
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Appealing Against Demolition Orders at the Bedouin Village of Saawa
April 4, 2013
On March 21, 2013, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel filed an appeal against a judgment of … 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
In the Knesset
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ACRI Urges Ministers to Ensure Adequate Water Supply in East Jerusalem
February 20, 2008
Mr. Meir Sheetrit Minister of the Interior Mr. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Minister of National Infrastructure Re: Ensuring a Regular Water Supply … Read more
Publications
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How to Promote a Social Housing Policy Right Now
August 3, 2011
The Coalition for Affordable Housing presents: 10 key points that can be promoted TODAY for a social housing policy in … Read more
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ACRI’s 2008 Annual Report
April 7, 2009
Presenting ACRI’s legal, educational and public outreach work, the Annual Report brings personal stories and highlights the orgnization’s activities To … Read more
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State of Human Rights Report 2008
December 7, 2008
ACRI Gauges Israel’s Realization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 60th Anniversary of its Adoption The full version … Read more
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Discriminatory Planning and Building Policies the West Bank
October 6, 2008
Despite its obligation under international humanitarian law to ensure the welfare of the Palestinian civilian population under occupation, Israel’s planning … Read more
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“Real Estate or Rights: ACRI’s Report on Housing Rights”
July 13, 2008
Report and Photo Gallery: Israel Must Protect All Residents’ Right to Housing Photos of Israel’s housing crisis available here JERUSALEM … Read more
