Public
Committee against Demolition of the Arab Home in Haifa
INVITATION
TO A PROTEST GATHERING
We
stand united for the right to a home and to prevent the destruction
The Boushkar family home is
located at the eastern entrance to Haifa, coming from Checkpost junction
into the city, behind the "HaZera" factory warehouses. For many
decades, before the establishment of Israel, several Arab
families have been living there, on the land they own. Most of the live
in tin shacks, in unbearable conditions, and receive no aid from the Haifa
municipality. But five years ago, when one of the families erected
brick walls and a tile roof, the municipality was quick to issue a
demolition order.
The Boushkar family, in spite of
their economic hardships, did not spare expenses and efforts in order
to attain a legal status for their home. At one time it was claimed
that a road is to be constructed in the place, and therefore a building
permit was denied. Since then the plan for the road has been cancelled,
and the family is asking for a renewed discussion of a "local building
plan" which would enable them to obtain a building permit. The
municipality, on the other hand, is insisting on carrying out an
administrative demolition order, and so deliberately preventing
bringing the matter to the Local Committee for Planning and Building.
The representatives of the Arab
public in Haifa, members of the city council, neighborhood committees,
representatives of political parties and organizations of civil
society, together with those among the
Jewish pubic in Haifa who aim for a joint life based on equality and
respect, have founded a joint action committee to organize a widespread
public struggle to prevent the destruction.
YOU ARE INVITED TO A PROTEST EVENT
AGAINST THE DEMOLITION PLAN
WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE YARD OF THE THREATENED HOME, BAR-YEHUDA ST.
51, ON TEUSDAY, MAY 31, AT 7
PM
YOU ARE ALSO INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROTEST TENT - 24 HOURS A DAY
WE WILL NOT LEAVE THE BOUSHKAR FAMILY AND THEIR SMALL
CHILDREN TO FACE THE BULDOZERS ALONE
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