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Land Day 2012
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The EU Misses Another Opportunity to Take Action on Human Rights Violations
On 15 May 2012, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy published the 2011 European Neighbourhood Policy Country Progress Report – Israel, highlighting the developments of 2011 and presenting a set of recommendations.
18/5/2012
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A Call to Action: Uphold the right to land and decent living for the Indigenous Bedouin population in the Naqab
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This morning, the residents of the AlAraqib village in the Naqab (Negev) witnessed yet another demolition of their homes and community by the Israeli Interior Ministry. The Palestinian Bedouin population of AlAraqib is being confined to the village cemetery by police forces, barred from protecting their properties or salvaging their belongings. The Israeli Interior Ministry and Land Authority have also continued their destructive policy by uprooting the olive trees that represent the foundation of the Palestinian community’s agricultural livelihood, replacing them with forest trees as a means to assert control and strip the indigenous Bedouin community of their land rights
7/5/2012 |
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‘Free Despite Shackles’ - Protest Tent in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike
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On 4 May 2012, the Arab Association for Human Rights -‘Haq’ Youth Movement organized a protest tent and solidarity actions entitled ‘Free Despite Shackles’ in support of the Palestinian Prisoners’ struggle in Israeli prison and their hunger strike as a means to recuperate their rights in the occupation prison. Activities at the tent began at one o’clock in the afternoon with an announcement of a symbolic hunger strike during the period of the solidarity actions. Dozens of Haq members as well as many activists and families of prisoners gathered at Mary’s Well Square to participate in the solidarity actions.
16/5/2012 |
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Discrimination Diary
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End the killing of women, end the murder and violence in our society
Mohammad Zeidan - "HRA - General Director"
International human rights conventions and declarations state that "the rights of women and female children are an inalienable and integral part of universal human rights". In addition, they confirm that violence against women both violates and impairs women’s enjoyment of human rights and their fundamental freedoms, and that all forms of gender-based violence are incompatible with human dignity and worth. These covenants uphold fundamental principles related to the universality of human rights, their indivisibility and interdependence, which preclude their being selectively implemented. There should be no attempt to diminish these rights on the basis of what are termed “cultural sensitivities”, including using socio-cultural heritage as a justification for retracting or withholding such rights or justifying their violation.
16/11/2011 |
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Proposal of New Bills to Further Curtail Civil Society in Israel
On Sunday, 13 November 2011, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation voted in favor of backing two private bills intended to restrict funding from “foreign state entities” to Israeli NGOs. 11 ministers voted in favor and 5 against. An appeal was made as part of the vote, and therefore the bills are expected to be brought for discussion by the government’s full assembly before they can proceed to a preliminary reading in the Knesset plenum.
15/11/2011 |
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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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Upper(ty) Nazareth
“I am all for a democratic Upper Nazareth, but first of all a Jewish one" declares Gapso, a Tunisian immigrant vying for the town’s mayorship in the coming elections. With that he dismisses the appeal of a delegation of Arab residents to take their concerns into consideration. He is not the only contender for the post who is dismissive of Arab demands
29/8/2008 |
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Reports
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Civilians in Danger
The Location of Temporary and Permanent Military Installations Close to Arab Communities during the Second Lebanon War
This report focuses on one claim. This claim is that military installations were positioned by the Israeli army in proximity to Arab civilian locales. On the basis of the investigation undertaken by the HRA, it emerges that temporary military installations from which missiles were fired into Lebanon during the war were indeed positioned in very close proximity to the Arab locales that suffered the gravest attacks during the war. This is in addition to permanent military installations in existence prior to the war. In some cases, the military installations were established inside the Arab locales.
11/12/2007 |
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On the Margins 2006
Annual Review of Human Rights Violations of the Arab Palestinian Minority in Israel 2006
The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) has been publishing annual reports for the last three years, documenting some of the violations of human rights of Palestinian Arab citizens in Israel and tracking the official policy of Israel and its institutions throughout the year towards the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel. Our third annual report hereby presented portrays a typical picture of racial discrimination, which has become entrenched in official and legal policy, and has become an extremely dangerous practice and the legal basis that establishes relations between the state and its Jewish majority towards the Palestinian Arab minority.
22/6/2007 |
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Suspected Citizens
Racial Profiling against Arab Passengers by Israeli Airports and Airlines
This report details the forms of racial profiling implemented at airports. This phenomenon is alarming both in terms of the frequency with which it is encountered and in terms of its acceptance in Jewish public opinion and by the authorities. The report aims to alert Israeli society, public bodies, and official institutions to this problem, and to appeal to the international community and to governmental and community bodies to act forcefully and clearly to condemn this unacceptable behavior as a manifestation of racial discrimination. Forms of racial discrimination are contrary to international standards of morality and have been condemned by international human rights conventions as among the most offensive and injurious violations of human dignity.
4/12/2006 |
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On the Margins 2005
Annual Review of Human Rights Violations of the Arab Palestinian Minority in Israel 2005
On the Margins: Annual Review of Human Rights Violations of the Arab Palestinian Minority in Israel 2005 is a compilation of the HRA's Weekly Press Reviews from the year, which take news pieces on human rights violations of the minority from the local Arabic and Hebrew press, in addition to providing historical background information. The report does not document all the violations in 2005, only what the HRA believes to be the most pressing. These violations point to a real danger that threatens the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel; this has compelled the HRA to issue calls to the State to take action and put a halt to such an affront to human rights.
27/6/2006 |
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Press Releases
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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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Proposal of New Bills to Further Curtail Civil Society in Israel
On Sunday, 13 November 2011, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation voted in favor of backing two private bills intended to restrict funding from “foreign state entities” to Israeli NGOs. 11 ministers voted in favor and 5 against. An appeal was made as part of the vote, and therefore the bills are expected to be brought for discussion by the government’s full assembly before they can proceed to a preliminary reading in the Knesset plenum.
15/11/2011 |
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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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PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JAILED IN ISRAEL
Amnesty International
Amnesty International has urged the Israeli authorities to end their harassment of Palestinian human rights activists after a well-known campaigner in Haifa was jailed for nine years and given an additional one-year suspended sentence earlier today.
Ameer Makhoul, a longstanding Palestinian activist, was convicted on various counts of having contact with enemies of Israel and espionage after a plea bargain agreement at his trial. He was originally charged with an even more serious offence, "assisting an enemy in war", which could have carried a life sentence, but that was dropped by the prosecution when he agreed to a plea bargain.
31/1/2011 |
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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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