Adalah's Newsletter, January 2011

Volume 78, January 2011

Land and Planning Rights Adalah, Bimkom and residents of unrecognized village of Umm al-Hieran in the Naqab submit objection to plan to build Jewish town of "Hiran" after demolishing Arab Bedouin residents' homes and evacuating them from their village Adalah and the Arab Center for Alternative Planning appeal to planning authorities against approval of master plan for newly-proposed ultra-Orthodox Jewish town of Harish in Arab Wadi Ara Racial Incitement and Harassment In exceptional move, AG cancels indictment against Dr. Huneida Ghanem for "assaulting a public employee" after Adalah argued she was subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by airport security Adalah and National Committee of Arab Mayors: Statements by MK Yaacov Katz about Arab Bedouin constitute racial incitement and warrant criminal investigation Adalah in Photos 2010 Economic, Social and Health Rights Following Adalah's Petition: Arab farmers in Israel are awarded subsidies to produce six million eggs per year Israel Ambulance Service refuses to enter unrecognized Arab Bedouin villages in the Naqab, in violation of citizens' rights to life, health and dignity UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights poses tough questions to Israel on: rights of Arab Bedouin in the Naqab, Iqrit and Bir'im, the JNF and the use of military service to exclude Arab citizens from employment Article Ayelet Harel-Shalev, The Geopolitics of Minority Rights and Civil Rights in Nation States: Lessons from the Republic of Macedonia Gaza Human rights organizations demand criminal investigation into death of 20 year-old Palestinian patient denied permit by Israeli authorities to leave Gaza Turkel Committee's conclusions on the Gaza blockade and Israel's attacks on the Freedom Flotilla contradict international law and the UN Fact-Finding Mission report Parliamentary Inquiry into NGO Funding This month, a parliamentary committee was formed by the Knesset to investigate the funding sources of human rights organizations. This step represents a dangerous escalation of the ongoing campaign against human rights organizations led by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the head of Yisrael Beiteinu, as well as other right-wing political parties, and the extremist Im Tirtzu organization. This attack on Adalah and other human rights organizations that work on cases to promote and protect the rights of Palestinians in the 1967 Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) began in the wake of our cooperation with the Goldstone Mission and our influence on its final conclusions. This activity angered many right-wing Israeli actors, who accused these groups of inciting against the Israeli army and of helping to expose Israeli practices during the recent war on the Gaza Strip. This attack constitutes an attempt to intimidate human rights organizations in Israel, to prevent them from continuing their work against the practices of the Occupation, and to create the impression that they are funded by 'terrorist organizations' and illegal sources. ● Adalah: "Avigdor Lieberman's incitement against human rights organizations working in the OPT proves the importance and effectiveness of their work" ● Joint Statement by NGOs in Israel: "We have nothing to hide" ● EMHRN and international organizations denounce the Knesset's decision to investigate human rights NGOs in Israel CEDAW Report ● New report by the Working Group on the Status of Palestinian Women Citizens of Israel submitted to the CEDAW Committee

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