Civil and Human Rights Looking Deeper into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israel is portrayed as a democracy that shares American values. Is this true? Do all its citizens enjoy the same civil rights before the law? What about the human rights of those under occupation?
Thursday, June 21, 2007
42 thousand Arab homes in Israel threatened with destruction
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The regional committee of unrecognized villages in Negev reported that it is preparing a plan of action, the details of which will soon be made public. The committee plans to release these plans when it establishes a refugee camp in front of the Knesset as a symbol of its opposition to Israeli plans in the Negev region. The camp is to bear the slogan "For the owners of the houses that have been destroyed by Israeli authorities in Negev.”
"Establishing the refugee camp in front of the Knesset is our right and the law guarantees this right for us," stated Hasan Rafay'ah, the leader of the committee.
Rafay'ah declared that the decision was taken because of Israeli intransigence and the ongoing policy of house destruction in the area, adding that residents have no other recourse to action and that the Israeli government refuses to heed their concerns and presses on with their plans in the area regardless.
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The Israeli Ministry of interior affairs estimates that approximately 42 thousand homes in the region will be destroyed when it implements its plans for the area.
