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I. Summary
Key Recommendations
II. Note on Methodology and Scope
III. Background
Legal Basis for Land Confiscation Government-planned Townships Battle over Land Ownership Unrecognized Villages Developing the Negev Is Resolution Possible?
Legal Basis for Land Confiscation
Government-planned Townships
Battle over Land Ownership
Unrecognized Villages
Developing the Negev
Is Resolution Possible?
IV. Discrimination in Land Allocation and Access
Land Ownership and Distribution in Israel Discrimination in Land Jurisdiction Individual Farms Selection Committees
Land Ownership and Distribution in Israel
Discrimination in Land Jurisdiction
Individual Farms
Selection Committees
V. Discrimination in Planning
Bedouin Needs Not Met Absence of Planning Participation and Consultation of Bedouin Lack of Local Representation No Criteria for Recognizing Communities Retroactive Legalization and Changed Zoning
Bedouin Needs Not Met
Absence of Planning Participation and Consultation of Bedouin
Lack of Local Representation
No Criteria for Recognizing Communities
Retroactive Legalization and Changed Zoning
VI. Home Demolitions
Twayil Abu JarwalA Bedouin Village Repeatedly under the Bulldozer Legal Authority for Demolitions Demolitions on the Increase Justifications How Demolitions Are Carried Out Impact of Home Demolitions
Twayil Abu JarwalA Bedouin Village Repeatedly under the Bulldozer
Legal Authority for Demolitions
Demolitions on the Increase
Justifications
How Demolitions Are Carried Out
Impact of Home Demolitions
VII. Lack of Compensation or Adequate Alternatives
Recognized Townships
VIII. Israels Obligations under International Law, and Comparative Practice
The Prohibition Against Discrimination Right to Adequate Housing, Privacy, and Choice of Residence Security of Tenure Right to Land Forced Evictions Indigenous Land Rights Recent Practices of Other Governments Creating a Land Claims Mechanism in Israel
The Prohibition Against Discrimination
Right to Adequate Housing, Privacy, and Choice of Residence
Security of Tenure
Right to Land
Forced Evictions
Indigenous Land Rights
Recent Practices of Other Governments
Creating a Land Claims Mechanism in Israel
IX. Detailed Recommendations
X. Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Special Procedures Address the Bedouin Problem
Appendix B: Home Demolition Statistics
Appendix C: Sample Warning
Appendix D: Sample Administrative Demolition Order
Appendix E: Sample Judicial Demolition Order
March 2008 Volume 20, No. 5(E)