assoc40.org
The Association of Forty - the association for the
recognition of the Arab Unrecognized Villages in Israel, was
formally established in 1988 in the Unrecognized Village
Ein-Hod, by the local committee of the village, by the
inhabitants of unrecognized villages and also by Arab and
Jewish Volunteers from all over the country.
The plight of the Arab Unrecognized Villages first began in
1948 with the establishment of the State of Israel. Even
though these Arab Villages existed tens and hundreds of
years ago, The Israeli consecutive governments ignored the
existence of these villages and the inhabitants were denied
their rights as citizens of the country. Since this time, these
villages have not appeared on any map and there is still no
plan for their development.
As a result of this unrecognizing, the villages are still lack the
basic infrastructure: Today, there are approximately 100,000
people who are dispossessed or denied any basic services
such as running water, electricity, proper education and
health services and access roads - constituting a gross
violation of human rights and opposing the values of a
modern and democratic state.
The attempts of the inhabitants of the villages to achieve by
their own the basic human conditions lead to strong
counter-reactions from the government, which include victims
of forced evacuation, trails and demolition order. These
counter-reactions aim to put the inhabitant under pressure to
be evacuated from their place. This reality prevents from the
inhabitants the possibility to hold a normal way of life
according to the basic standards. |
