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Islamic Politicians Arrested on Insufficient Evidence
The leadership of the Northern Islamic Movement in Israel and the Al-Aqsa Association for the Protection of Islamic Holy Places were arrested by state security forces during the night of the 12th of May 2003. The leader of both legally registered organisations, Sheikh Ra'ad Salah, was among those arrested.
14/5/2003
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18 HOUSES DEMOLISHED IN KAFR QASEM
The state has a policy of demolishing Arab houses inside Israel, on the accusation of 'unlicensed' or 'illegal' building. Over the last five decades the state has steadily taken land from Arab citizens and given it to Jewish citizens until, through the Israel Lands Authority and the Jewish Agency, the state fully controls 94% of the area of Israel. This has meant that the natural expansion of Arab communities forces minority citizens to build on land which the state classifies in such a way as to make the buildings 'illegal'. The Arab Association for Human Rights is reporting on the most recent instance of house destructions, when 18 homes were destroyed last Sunday 2nd March 2003.
5/3/2003
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ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DESTROYS MOSQUE IN THE NEGEV
On the 5th of February 2003, the Israeli Interior Ministry destroyed a mosque in the unrecognised Negev village of Tel Al-Mileh. The mosque was approximately 150 square metres, and had been built at a cost of over 100,000 shekels raised by subscriptions from the villagers, and supported by the Negev Institute for Lands and People. It was the only place of worship in the village, and was built after years of public pressure.
7/2/2003
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Transfer
Sixty-three percent of Jewish Israelis think Arab citizens are a threat and should be "encouraged to emigrate"
In this election climate, the poll presents disturbing evidence that the right-wing discourse of 'population transfer' has a broad base of public support.
19/12/2002
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Official unemployment rate in Israel
Localities with an unemployment rate higher than 10%
According to the reports of the Central Bureau of Statistics: "Unemployment (on June and July) has been rising since early 2001, when it was 8.7 percent. In March 2001, the numbers began to rise and by October 2001, 10 percent of the work force was jobless. Unemployment peaked in February this year, reaching 10.6 percent, dropping to 10.5 percent in March and 10.4 percent in May. The treasury says employment prospects for 2003 will depend on three factors - economic growth, deporting 50,000 illegal foreign workers, and reducing guaranteed income payments." (Ha'aretz, September 2002)
20/9/2002
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LAND FOR JEWISH USE ONLY: The End of the Katzir Case
Government backs bill to allot state land for Jewish use only
The Arab Association for Human Rights notes with grave concern the following information available in Ha'aretz today, Monday 8th July 2002. The process of steady legalisation of discrimination against the Palestinian minority inside Israel contravenes international human rights standards:
8/7/2002
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Khalid Zoabi, HRA Chairperson, was stopped by police on road to Jerusalem from Nazareth
The Chairperson of the Arab Association for Human Rights was stopped by police last Friday, the 28th of March, while transporting a donation of medicine from hospitals in Nazareth to hospitals in Jerusalem. The medicine was destined to be distributed in the Occupied Territories by Beit Hannina hospital in Jerusalem. The police threw the boxes of medicine out of the truck at the police station and did not take any further action.
1/4/2002
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House Demolishing policy
Mohammed Mannah and his neighbor, Kamen Aswari, awoke to find their partially built homes demolished by Israeli bulldozers
On the morning of March 13th, 2001, Mohammed Mannah and his neighbor, Kamen Aswari, awoke to find their partially built homes demolished by Israeli bulldozers. These two homes, however, were not destroyed for “security reasons”. Instead, these houses were located in the Israeli village of Majd El Kurum, five kilometers from the city of Carmiel in the Galilee. The two families only “crime” was that they constructed homes without a building permit.
15/5/2001
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Through the Eyes of a Child
The lacking of psychological support for children of the Arab community
During the «Black October» events in the Galilee, parents kept their children indoors for protection, isolating them the best they could from the violence raging outside. Even there, many of them heard the sound of gunfire on their doorsteps (1). For weeks after the clashes, a number of children were confronted by police raids breaking into their house or neighbourhood in the middle of the night, and brutally arresting older brothers, relatives, or neighbours. With several racist attacks perpetrated against Arab citizens throughout the country, families refrained from leaving their towns. In addition, a state of virtual siege was imposed on Arab communities by security forces, which severely affected the daily lives of the inhabitants, among them children. All in all, children suffered to an extent comparable to youths in a situation of war; they witnessed conflict, violence, and brutality. They felt helplessness, seclusion, and fear even inside their homes.
8/12/2000
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