CCDPRJ Special Report - “Forced Displacement of Bedouins - An Ethnic Cleansing”

Palestinian Bedouins in the Occupied territories in general and in Jerusalem area in particular are facing serious and critical threat to their lands, lives and survival by the Israeli occupation, being in the frontline against Israeli expansion, based on ongoing land appropriation and settlement for the realization of the Greater Jerusalem Scheme.

In light of the intensified campaign to forcibly displace the Bedouins of Jerusalem area, researchers from the Land Research Center (LRC) conducted a field research within the activities of the housing and residency rights campaign managed by the Civic Coalition for Defending Palestinians’ Rights in Jerusalem (CCDPRJ). Conducted in January 2008, this research involved 10 Bedouin communities in the west, north and east of Jerusalem and aimed to loudly echo the voice of the Bedouins: “Get your hands off us… Let us back to Beersheba, from which you forcibly displaced us.”

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Briefing: CCDPRJ - New measures to consolidate Israeli control of East Jerusalem during March 2008

During March 2008 Israeli authorities began bringing properties seized in 1967 in the Old City of Jerusalem into the Israeli land registry. This is the first time this has happened, and is a major development in the consolidation of Israeli control over East Jerusalem. This presents another obstacle to the ongoing negotiations over the future of Jerusalem. Download the briefing.

Paper: CCDPRJ - Israeli Laws and Judicial System As Tools for ِAccomplishing Political Objectives in Jerusalem

This paper from the Civic Coalition deals with the Israeli policies towards Arab East Jerusalem since 1967, with an emphasis on the utilization of Israeli laws and the judicial system as two basic tools for creating a “legal” framework for annexing it to Israel during the first years of occupation and for consolidating the annexation of Jerusalem later on with total disregard of the international laws and norms applicable to the occupied territories. Download the paper.

Jerusalem Arab Chambers of Commerce: Impact of the racial separation wall on the different Economic Sectors in East Jerusalem

Study from the Jerusalem Arab Chambers of Commerce and Industry outlining the effect of the Wall on the economy of East Jerusalem.

The racial separating wall surrounding East Jerusalem is considered as one of the most important factors, which has a negative impact on the economy of East Jerusalem. Everybody can realize the Israeli political, economical, social, and security goals, that had led East Jerusalem become mere of its natural link with its other Palestinian territories, and would be allowed to be opened only towards the west side, i.e. towards Israel.

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Study: PCC - The Jerusalem Masterplan 2000

 The Palestinian Counselling Centre present a full translation of the Jerusalem Masterplan 2000, together with an analytical study on the implications of the proposals.

PCC writes:

“During a press conference held on September 13, 2004, and in unprecedented move, the Israeli Mayor in Jerusalem, Mr. Uri Lupolianski, disclosed a master plan “Jerusalem 2000″  for the City of Jerusalem to serve as a mandatory map for land use and a blueprint for other municipal planning purposes until the year 2020. The plan incorporates occupied East Jerusalem. The last time Israel approved a comprehensive plan for Jerusalem was in 1959. An attempt to issue a plan which incorporated occupied East Jerusalem was foiled in 1978. The public disclosure of the present master plan is politically and ideologically motivated, and comes at a time when Israel is precipitating its measures to undermine any future negotiations over the final status of the city. For the goal of scheme, as pronounced in the executive.”

Read the translation of the masterplan and PCC’s study.