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COHRE - Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions: "he unrecognized villages of the Negev/Naqab
Whilst water and sanitation provision in Israel is of a generally high standard, discriminatory policies have adversely affected Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel. Amongst the most deprived citizens of Israel are the Bedouin communities of Negev/Naqab in the south. Since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, Bedouin Arabs have had their lands confiscated by the State, often with little or no compensation, and have been forcibly relocated to the north eastern Negev around Beer Sheva. Today, over half the Bedouin population lives in seven government planned towns and one regional council which constitute some of the poorest and most deprived localities in Israel. The remainder of the Bedouin, some 80,000 people, lives in around 34 'unrecognized' villages which despite having between 600-4,000 residents per village do not exist on any official map. Non-recognition is a means employed by the State of Israel to force the Bedouin off their historical lands and concentrate them in government built urban enclaves. Bedouin land is often given to development projects which exclusively serve Jewish citizens of Israel.
Residents of the unrecognized villages lack security of tenure and live under the constant threat of forced evictions and house demolitions. The unrecognized villages are not provided with any basic services including water and sanit"
Friday, June 20, 2008
"UNITED NATIONS
Press Release
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON VIOLATIONS STEMMING
FROM ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
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Human Rights Council
23 January 2008
High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for an End to Restrictions on Aid and Essential Supplies to Gaza;
Underscores International Community's Responsibility to Protect
The Human Rights Council today opened its sixth Special Session on 'human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent ones in occupied Gaza and the West Bank town of Nablus', hearing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour express her concern over the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, which added to the already critical situation in the Gaza Strip, where 1.4 million people were living under the most abhorrent conditions.
Ms. Arbour said that in December 2007, 58 Palestinians in Gaza had reportedly been killed due to the conflict, making December the month with the highest Gaza Strip death toll in 2007. Israeli military operations continued also in the West Bank and in particular in the city of Nablus. The Israeli practice of collective punishment, disproportionate use of force, and targeted killings continued, as did the"
Press Release
xxxxxxxxxx
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON VIOLATIONS STEMMING
FROM ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
xxxxxxxxxx
Human Rights Council
23 January 2008
High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for an End to Restrictions on Aid and Essential Supplies to Gaza;
Underscores International Community's Responsibility to Protect
The Human Rights Council today opened its sixth Special Session on 'human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent ones in occupied Gaza and the West Bank town of Nablus', hearing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour express her concern over the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, which added to the already critical situation in the Gaza Strip, where 1.4 million people were living under the most abhorrent conditions.
Ms. Arbour said that in December 2007, 58 Palestinians in Gaza had reportedly been killed due to the conflict, making December the month with the highest Gaza Strip death toll in 2007. Israeli military operations continued also in the West Bank and in particular in the city of Nablus. The Israeli practice of collective punishment, disproportionate use of force, and targeted killings continued, as did the"
Sunday, June 15, 2008
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