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Beit Arabiya in Anata/Ostjerusalem.

 Dieses Haus der Familie Salim und Arabiya Shawamreh wurde wurde 4 mal von isr. Bulldozern zerstört und wieder aufgebaut. die Familie wohnt jetzt in einer Mietwohnung und das neue Haus wird als Info für Gruppen und Unterkunft für die Sommercamps der freiwilligen Wiederaufbauer genutzt.

Beit Arabiya Center for Peace
The home of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh

Dedicated to the Memory of Rachel Corrie and Nuha Sweidan

The home of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh has become the symbol of nonviolent resistance to Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes – more than 11,000 since 1967. The Shawamreh's only "crime" was building (and rebuilding) their home on their own privately-owned land without obtaining a permit. While this may seem reasonable, the Shawamreh's case clearly demonstrates that the Israeli authorities refuse to grant Palestinians building permits, cynically using the mechanisms of planning, zoning, administration and the law to confine them to small islands of the country. The home of Salim and Arabiya illustrates the political agenda of the demolition policy, as well as the trauma and suffering caused by such a policy. It also shows that in the vast majority of the cases the demolition of Palestinian homes has nothing to do with terrorism or security – Salim has never been charged with any breach of security; they are done merely to keep lands coveted by Israel free of their Palestinian owners. In the end it is a policy to displace an entire people. >>>

Other Voices from Israel and Palestine

BEIT ARABIYA THREATENED WITH DEMOLITION FOR THE FIFTH TIME!
ICAHD

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Cheshin) heard the second appeal of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh’s to have the 15-year demolition order on their home rescinded – a permanent order under which the family has had its home demolished four times.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. The Shawamreh home in the village of Anata, in the West Bank but just meters over the Jerusalem municipal boundary, has become the symbol of the Palestinian struggle against Israel’s policy of demolishing Palestinian homes – and of resistance to the Occupation in general. Salim and Arabiya both come from families made refugees in 1948. In the early ‘90s they bought a small plot of land in the village of Anata, close to the Shuafat refugee camp where Salim grew up. They applied to the Civil Administration three times for a building permit and were denied each time for a different reason – the basic one being that Israel had zoned virtually the entire West Bank as agricultural land according to a British plan (RJ-5) formulated in 1942 which freezes Palestinian building as it was 65 years ago. Indeed, RJ-5 is used to “legally” deny building permits to Palestinians throughout the Occupied Territories. And like thousands of other families – ICAHD estimates that the number of demolition orders in the West Bank and East Jerusalem reaches into the tens of thousands – the Shawamrehs were forced to build their home “illegally,” although the right to shelter is a fundamental human right. >>>

The ABCs of Home Demolitions in Israel
Eileen Fleming
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Beit Arabiya, Salim Shawamreh, Lucia Pizarro - Beit Arabiya is the name of the home of Salim and Arabiya Shawamreh, a family of nine whose home has been demolished four times. Any day now, the Civil Administration, Israel's military government over the Occupied Territories, could order the home demolished for the fifth time. The Shawamreh home in the village of Anata, in the West Bank but just meters over the Jerusalem municipal boundary, has become the symbol of the Palestinian struggle against Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes -- and of resistance to the Occupation in general. Salim and Arabiya both come from families made refugees in 1948. In the early '90s they bought a small plot of land in the village of Anata, close to the Shuafat refugee camp where Salim grew up. They applied to the Civil Administration three times for a building permit and were denied each time for a different reason -- the basic one being that Israel had zoned virtually the entire West Bank as agricultural land according to a British plan (RJ-5) formulated in 1942 which freezes Palestinian building as it was 65 years ago. Indeed, RJ-5 is used to "legally" deny building permits to Palestinians throughout the Occupied Territories. And like thousands of other families -- ICAHD estimates that the number of demolition orders in the West Bank and East Jerusalem reaches into the tens of thousands -- the Shawamrehs were forced to build their home "illegally," although the right to shelter is a fundamental human right. >>>