NEWS UPDATE
4 June 2008 Adalah to AG: Freeze Demolition Orders against Arab Homes in the Triangle and Wadi Ara in Central Israel, and Resolve Severe Housing Shortages for Arab Citizens On 1 June
2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of the Interior and the Attorney
General on behalf of the Union of Popular Committees against Home Demolitions
in the Triangle and Wadi Ara, demanding that they freeze the implementation of
demolition orders issued against Arab homes. Adalah further demanded that just
and realistic solutions be found to put an end to the housing and land
shortages in Arab towns and villages in the Triangle. In the
letter, Adalah Attorney Suhad Bishara argued that the serious shortage of
housing in these towns and villages was caused by the neglect of “In other
words, the reality on the ground has forced these people to find their own
solutions to these land shortages and for the natural growth of their families.
In accordance with the legal principles of justice, this group must be provided
with protection,” Adalah argued. Furthermore, several Israeli courts have
recently issued decisions in which they emphasized that the Arab minority in Adalah
further argued that the authorities must halt the home demolition process and find
suitable housing solutions because the state has not updated the master plans
for Arab towns and villages in these areas for decades. In addition, the failure
to make these planning decisions is also a result of decisions to prosecute
residents or to issue administrative demolition orders, while the authorities
should not, as mentioned above, have filed indictments against residents
according to the principles of justice.
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