Open letter to the G8
Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (HIC-HLRN Member) and local partners have issued the following open letter to the G8 Summit currently meeting at Heilgendamm, Germany.
Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestine: Israel and parastatal institutions escalate dispossession of Palestinians
These violations require your urgent action. Source: HLRN
Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestine: Israel and parastatal institutions escalate dispossession of Palestinians
These violations require your urgent action. Source: HLRN
BEIT ARABIYA Threatened with demolition for the fifth time in Israel
On February 7, 2007, a three judge panel of the Israeli Supreme Court (Justices Eliezer Rivlin, Ayala Procaccia and David Cheshin) heard the second appeal of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh’s appeal to have the 15-year demolition order on their home rescinded – a permanent order under which the family has had its home demolished four times. They also petitioned the Court to instruct the authorities to issue them a building permit. According to Labib Habib, the Shawamreh’s lawyer, the hearing did not go well. A negative ruling is expected any day, and as soon as it is issued the Civil Administration, Israel’s military government over the Occupied Territories, can order the home demolished for the fifth time.
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued its Concluding Observations on Israel, with many observations related to housing and land rights, and other forms of institutionalized discrimination.