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إحنا الأرض 2013- We are the Land
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15 Israeli and Palestinian organisations warn of far-reaching consequences of Israel’s for obstructions of UN human rights mechanisms
15 Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations today warned of the far-reaching consequences of Israel’s refusal to fully cooperate with the United Nations (UN). On the morning of Israel’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR), scheduled for Tuesday 29 January, it remains unclear whether it intends to participate.
29/1/2013 |
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A New Way to Support the HRA
We are happy to announce that today it is easier than ever to support our work. All you have to do is go to the Donate Today! section on our website and click the Paypal button. You can start the New Year off right by supporting our work and joining our effort to promote human rights in Israel.
14/1/2013 |
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Discrimination Diary
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INTERN BLOG: Way More Than a Game: Football in Israel
Nazareth – The rivalry between the Israeli football clubs Bnei Sakhnin and Beitar Jerusalem has transcended mere sport. These two clubs, one from Israel’s self-declared capital and one from an Arab city in the Galilee with a population of 25,000, are bitter rivals, but they have come to represent rival ideologies as well. From the outside their contests are an athletic performance, though, as usual, to the people involved, they represent so much more.
8/11/2012 |
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INTERN BLOG: Under Siege: One Bedouin Family’s Struggle to Live in Israel
In the early 1950s, a Bedouin Arab named Atif Mohammad Sawa’ed (Abu Walid) bought a parcel of land from the Shafa ‘Amr municipality, 25 kilometers east of Haifa, hoping to build a home for his new wife and his family. The land he bought lies on a hilltop, no more than two kilometers south of Shafa ‘Amr in the Lower Galilee. It is a beautiful place, and at that time it was uninhabited. From the front steps of the home he built, you can see the shimmering blue waters of the Mediterranean, the urban sprawl of Haifa, and if you look north on a clear day, you can even see into Lebanon.
14/12/2012 |
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INTERN BLOG: Prime Minister Netanyahu ignores 20% of his constituents in UNGA speech
Last week’s speech from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the UN General Assembly has drawn diverse reactions from all over the world. American decision makers heard tough talk with room for compromise; comedians saw the inherent ridiculousness of a cartoon bomb; and many citizens of Israel heard their strong leader stay the course. The 20% of Israel’s population that defines itself as the Arab Palestinian minority heard an entirely different speech, one which ignored their constant struggle thereby marginalizing their existence. They heard a speech from the prime minister that summarily dismissed or ignored the near-constant calls of inequality and discrimination. There are internationally recognized abuses of human rights and humanitarian law enshrined in Israel’s official institutions, but Netanyahu continues to present the state he leads as a beacon of “modernism” in a sea of “medievalism”.
4/10/2012 |
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Pig Farms in Israel: A relegated industry subject to discrimination in new Agriculture Minitry proposal
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Nazareth – Last month the Israeli Ministry for Agriculture proposed an expensive new way to discriminate against the Palestinian Arab minority of Israel. The NIS 300 million project would enforce a relocation of the remaining 26 Israeli pig farms from their current locations in the north to the less populous Naqab region in the south.
27/8/2012 |
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Press Releases
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Don’t vote for ACAA!
Nazareth- The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) calls on the Members of the European Parliament NOT to give their vote to an important trade agreement with Israel, sending a clear message to Israel that the Arab Palestinian minority in Israel won’t stand for ‘business as usual’ given the deterioration of the situation on the ground.
16/10/2012 |
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EU Parliament Passes ACAA Protocol
Nazareth – This past Tuesday evening the parliament of the European Union voted on the EU-Israel Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance (ACAA) protocol. Despite an impassioned argument from Belgian Socialist MEP Veronique de Keyser for the ACAA protocol to return to committee stage, the protocol was passed. The ACAA is an addition to the EU-Israel Association Agreement of 1995 and it stipulates that Israeli pharmaceutical products are held to a high enough standard to be sold in the EU. The vote, in addition to reducing trade barriers, also sets a precedent for further trade agreements between the two parties.
30/10/2012 |
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HRA Welcomes Corries to Nazareth
Nazareth – The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) held an event last Friday night to recognize Rachel Corrie and her family. It was an evening of stirring speeches and emotional tributes to the Corrie family’s ongoing struggle. Last month in a Haifa district court, Judge Oded Gershon denied the Corrie family’s most recent call for justice when, in his verdict, he decided Rachel Corrie was responsible for her own death. This decision is the most recent event in the ongoing court case over Rachel Corrie’s death at the hands of the Israeli military in Gaza in 2003. Many advocacy groups, including the HRA, have denounced this ruling with a common complaint that it reinforces the “culture of impunity” for discriminatory Israeli institutions and practices.
24/9/2012 |
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Pubic opinion poll exposes Jewish discrimination against Arabs in Israel
In September 2012 the Dialog polling center took a poll of 503 Jewish Israelis in Tel Aviv. Commissioned by the Yisraela Goldblum Fund, they sought to determine public opinion on several key issues. Upon the release of the data, a firestorm of criticism, accusations, and introspection swept across Israel.
7/11/2012 |
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Recent Developments
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UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Reviews ESC Rights in Israel
Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Israel
On Monday, Dec. 5th. 2011, the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its Concluding Observations, following its critical review of Israel’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). In this, its third periodic review of Israel as a State party to the Covenant, the monitoring body had conducted a “constructive dialog” with a high-level delegation of the Israeli government on 16 and 17 November. CESCR’s assessment focused on the positive developments and breaches of the Covenant since Israel’s last review in 2003.
7/12/2011 |
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Jewish Extremists Burn Mosque in Tuba-Zangariyye (Galilee)
This morning, the residents of Tuba-Zangariyye woke up to find that their village mosque had been set on fire. From the slogans written on the mosque’s walls, this attack comes as part of the ‘price tag’ terror campaign carried out by settlers in recent years against the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) views the transfer of this type of attacks to inside the Green Line as an escalation that has serious implications and risks!!
The Arab Association for Human Rights, while condemning the burning of the mosque, believes that this step is a continuation of the official policies sown by the Israeli government, particularly since the current government is led by parties that incite against the Arab citizens and their fundamental rights, and links their future with the results of the "peace process" through slogans of transfer and exchange of population and land!!
3/10/2011 |
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Human Rights Organizations Call on the European Union to Uphold Standards for Protection of Prisoners Rights
On Wednesday, 16 October 2011, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, the Civic Coalition for Defending the Palestinians’ Rights in Jerusalem, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies, Defence for Children International – Palestine Section, and the Arab Association for Human Rights sent a joint letter to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Honourable Baroness Catherine Ashton.
19/10/2011 |
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HRA position on recent Supreme Court decisions: The Supreme Court ranges between "security" and human rights
Between December 12 and 14, the Supreme Court headed by retired Chief Justice Aharon Barak, gave three important decisions relating to human rights, two of them related to the rights of the Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories and the third relates to the rights of the Arab citizens in Israel.
21/12/2006 |
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International News
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UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Reviews ESC Rights in Israel
Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Israel
On Monday, Dec. 5th. 2011, the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its Concluding Observations, following its critical review of Israel’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). In this, its third periodic review of Israel as a State party to the Covenant, the monitoring body had conducted a “constructive dialog” with a high-level delegation of the Israeli government on 16 and 17 November. CESCR’s assessment focused on the positive developments and breaches of the Covenant since Israel’s last review in 2003.
7/12/2011 |
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Human Rights Organizations Call on the European Union to Uphold Standards for Protection of Prisoners Rights
On Wednesday, 16 October 2011, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, the Civic Coalition for Defending the Palestinians’ Rights in Jerusalem, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies, Defence for Children International – Palestine Section, and the Arab Association for Human Rights sent a joint letter to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Honourable Baroness Catherine Ashton.
19/10/2011 |
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United Nations adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The General Assembly today adopted a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world’s estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlawing discrimination against them. The Declaration emphasizes the rights of indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their own institutions, cultures and traditions and to pursue their development in keeping with their own needs and aspirations.It also prohibits discrimination against indigenous peoples and promotes their full and effective participation in all matters that concern them, and their right to remain distinct and to pursue their own visions of economic and social development.
13/9/2007 |
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UN Reports highlights' HRA claims of discriminatory policies that are affecting the Palestinians Arab Minorities in Israel
On October 2nd, the UN Human Rights Council published a report based on their investigatory mission to Lebanon and Israel with respect to the impact of the war and its aftermaths. The report was authored by four Special Rapporteurs which mandates relate to different aspects of human rights.
11/10/2006 |
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