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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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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Housing Developer must Pay Compensation for Discrimination
June 12, 2013
Haifa Magistrate’s Court approves a settlement in a precedent-setting suit filed against a real estate developer who discriminated against Arab … Read more
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In depth: Israel Ignores Bedouin Needs with Begin Plan
May 3, 2013
The Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs is set to discuss the Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the … 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
Legal Work
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High Court to State: Explain Use of Private Guards in E. Jerusalem
December 13, 2012
The High Court of Justice today (13 December 2012) issued an order nisi instructing the state to explain the deployment … Read more
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Instead of a Park, Neglected Arab Neighborhood of Lod to Get a Massive Police Station
August 16, 2012
Kerem Al-Tufaah, an impoverished Arab neighborhood in the city of Lod, has only one public space – a neglected plot … Read more
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High Court of Justice Denies Arab Citizens Right to Vote
August 2, 2012
Bir Hadaj residents prevented from registering for regional council elections; Opinion warns that allowing Bedouin petitioners to vote in predominately … Read more
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Order Nisi regarding Representation of Women and Arabs in the Israel Lands Administration
May 22, 2012
The High Court orders the State to explain why the ILA should not appoint permanent Arab and women members. … Read more
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Prawer Plan Promotes Racial Discrimination and Violates Rights of the Negev Bedouin
April 1, 2012
Today (1 April 2012), human rights organizations Adalah and Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) formally submitted their reservations … Read more
In the Knesset
Publications
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Facts and Figures about East Jerusalem
June 25, 2008
On Jerusalem Day 2008, ACRI publishes alarming facts and figures about the neglect of East Jerusalem Forty-one years after the … Read more
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Fact Sheet: Discrimination against Negev Bedouins in State Planning
January 10, 2008
Fact Sheet and Background Information, November 2007 Facts The Arab Bedouin are an indigenous, national ethnic minority. About half of … Read more
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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
