Planning and Building Rights
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Nowhere is discriminatory housing and planning policies more clear than in Jerusalem. In East Jerusalem, the predominantly Palestinian population is only permitted to build on 17% of the land, while 35% of the land in planned Palestinian neighborhoods has been designated as “open landscape areas” on which it is forbidden to build. On average, the Jewish Israeli resident of Jerusalem is allotted approximately 20 m/sq of housing, those Palestinians who do find available housing are only allotted 11 m/sq. Only 13% of the residential building permits granted each year are in Palestinian neighborhoods.
This blatant inequality perpetuates the socioeconomic imbalance, and inhibits the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem from realizing their basic right to housing. ACRI acknowledges that the overwhelming poverty among the Palestinians of East Jerusalem is a result of these discriminatory policies. As a result, ACRI continues to petition for the equal housing rights of Jerusalem’s Arab residents, while seeking improved infrastructure in East Jerusalem including postal services, sewage, water, and communications.
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ACRI in the News: Oct 24 – Nov 2 2011
November 2, 2011
Private security guards in East Jerusalem Civil Rights Association to HCJ: East J’lem guards only protect Jews 31 October … Read more
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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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ACRI’s East Jerusalem Project / Ronit Sela
March 7, 2011
While much of the attention Jerusalem receives at home and abroad is centered on political affairs and predicaments, the extent … Read more
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ACRI Publications 2006-2010
October 27, 2010
ACRI’s Shadow Report regarding Israel’s Third Periodic Review by the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, October 2010 “Unsafe … Read more
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ACRI: Authorities Side with Settler Groups in East Jerusalem
September 5, 2010
In-depth report finds law-enforcement authorities are failing to protect Palestinian residents’ rights in high-tension neighborhoods “Unsafe Space: The Israeli Authorities’ … Read more
