7 רע ו ץ ץור Arutz Sheva Staff, Annual 3/14/2018 Page 1 of 2 ז"כ רדאב ,ח"עשת,"ש דב " Anyone traveling on Route 465 - th planned city of Rawabi and the Jewish com sewage that permeates the h For a long and uninterrupted period, a stre yards from the road,and directly into the ne Regavim The source of the sewage is one o villages of Yabrud and Jifna or the town of e Trans-Binyaminwatch Highway - near the ne 15,000 students. ighway. The sewage flows along a path several munity of Ateret - cannot ignore the smell o additional hazards of mosquitoes, severe problems. am of raw PA sewage has flowed just a fe r more of thearby Arab village villages of Wadi adjacent Hamam. to the ro Bir Zeit, which also has a large universi wly built https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Generic/Generic/SendPrint?print miles long, creating, in addition to the foul o environmental pollution and various related f the w ad: the Report ty with dors, health =1&type=0&ite… 25-Dec-18 REGAVIM The Khan al-Ahmar litmus test Opponents and proponents of relocation agree that it’s about the two-state solution Tu B’Shvat 5779 BEDOUIN BATTLE • By TOVAH LAZAROFF usein Abu Dahuk lives on the side of Road 1, , I ' on a small dip in the riS !'U#’״'road that one could x>T miss if one blinked X >\ t , while driving from the Dead Sea up Hto Jerusalem. Even for those with their eyes wide open, the small scattering of ״״״ tents and shacks that make up his ^״herding village of Khan al-Ahmar c looks fairly inconsequential spread out against the sandy hillsides of the Judean Desert. But for the 58-year-old shepherd, who spoke with The Jerusalem Post **?״* -through a translator, the encamp ״ment is a home worth fighting for. as1 He is among some 180 Bedouin residents of the village of Khan al-Ahmar who have repeatedly told the State of Israel that they have no ?״״:intention of accepting the reloca- 2 tion plans it has offered them. •• The fate of the village is now in .x '״ : the hands of the High Court of Justice, which could decide as early .-V as this coming week whether the >״ * .. families living there will be forcibly relocated, possibly imminently. ,״ At issue before the court is a series X'V of technical Israeli legal questions ...V • ״ regarding illegal construction, WHM Idm property ownership and the via- bility of alternative locations that A BEDOUIN man looks after his animals in the disputed encampment of Khan al-Ahmar near Ma'aleh Adumim last month. (Mohamad Torokman/Reuters) mark the end of what has been a nine-year legal battle. in recent weeks. construction in El. hold on the Ma’aleh Adumim bloc ties “specifically planned,” about But the campaign to save the vil- At issue is the location of the Some fear this could also include and that its continued presence which public statements have been lage has spread well beyond Area C village. It is situated just outside of the resumption of work on the there is a direct Palestinian chal- made “that they are there to create of the West Bank, where the village the boundaries of El, which is an security barrier in that area, which lenge to Israeli control of Area C of territorial contiguity” for the Pales- is located, and has reached as far as unbuilt tract of land belonging to has been frozen for over a decade the West Bank. tinians. the European Union and the Unit- the Ma’aleh Adumim settlement. precisely because it would place El The Knesset’s Land of Israel Cau- The EU, she said, has supported ed Nations Security Council. The Palestinian Authority and inside the route of the barrier. cus group asked Prime Minister these efforts. Khan al-Ahmar supporters hold much of the international com- Both of the relocation options Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Regavim, along with the Kfar that no less than the future of a Pal- munity, including the EU and the for Khan al-Ahmar are outside the Minister Avigdor Liberman late last Adumim settlement, is among estinian state is resting on whether UN, believe that construction in El route of the barrier, according to month to ensure its evacuation. those who have petitioned the the clan can remain at the site would make the territorial conti- Alon Cohen-Lifshitz, architect and The Khan al-Ahmar case is “a High Court of Justice over the last where they have lived for decades. guity of a Palestinian state difficult head of the left-wing NGO Bim- watershed” moment and “a fun- nine years to relocate the school. To underscore the significance of and thus unviable. EU diplomats kom’s planning and community damental test case for Israeli sov- Kahn said the decision to move the site to the larger diplomatic frequently visit the village in soli- department. ereignty that entails the strategic against the community was taken battle for self-determination, Pal- darity with its plight. “If you want to clean up this area interests of the State of Israel,” cau- in 2009, when a European-funded estinian flags have fluttered from They worry that the forced of Bedouin, you start with one com- cus chairmen MKs Yoav Kisch and elementary school was built there. polls stuck on the hillside and have relocation of the village, which they munity and then it will be easier to Bezalel Smotrich wrote. The school was seen as a sign that at times been placed along Road hold is illegal under international move others,” he said. Regavim spokeswoman Naomi the community intended to stay 1 near the village. Demonstrators law, is just the start of Israeli Right-wing Israeli politicians and Kahn said that Khan al-Ahmar is there and grow, Kahn said. with Palestinian flags have also at efforts to relocate the Bedouin NGOs also believe that the reloca- part of a long string of illegal Pal- Last month EU foreign policy times temporarily blocked the road from that area, in preparation for tion of the site is critical to Israel’s estinian and Bedouin communi- chief Federica Mogherini public- PolygaMeToo Polygamy in Israel: Overview and Recommendations | March 2018 בס״ד A Few Words from the Director Dear Friends, Shalom! I am pleased and proud to share Regavim's 2018 Annual Report. As in the past, we present this report just before Tu B'Shvat, the day on which we celebrate the Land of Israel. The proximity of this auspicious date to the end of the fiscal year presents us with a unique opportunity to take stock of our activities. The Annual Report offers a taste of the central items on Regavim's 2018 agenda, presenting our activities through the prism of strategic, rather than tactical, progress. Yehuda Eliyahu Meir Deutsch Raful Engel Att. Boaz Arzi We have attempted to present a sample of our fieldwork as well as our legal, policy and Director General Senior VP for Policy Director of Operations Legal Counsel lobbying, and media efforts. Like a plow that creates furrows in the earth that are long and deep, we at Regavim invest a tremendous amount of thought and energy in groundwork that will eventually bear fruit. At times, our efforts involve short but intensive bursts of activity that yield immediate results; other times, our goals can only be achieved through deliberate, in-depth work that is almost imperceptible on the surface but is crucial to the final product, which takes time to grow and develop at its own pace. Like the farmer working the field, every so often we allow ourselves the luxury of straightening up from the plow and wiping the sweat from our brow, while casting a glance back over our shoulder at the long, hard row that has been plowed and taking pride and pleasure in a job well done. Our Annual Report allows us to assess our Chezi Eyal | Field Yishai Hemo | Field Amichai Yogev | Field Levona Caspi progress, and then to turn, once again, to face the horizon that stretches out ahead, to Operations – North Operations -Judea & Samaria Operations – South Office Manager regroup, and to set our sights on the tasks still not completed. This stock-taking helps us focus on the many positive changes that occurred over the course of the year - in the fight to protect Israel's land resources, in the battle for implementation of a Jewish, Zionist land-use policy in the State of Israel, in the struggle to protect Israel's environment and natural resources, and in the fight against selective, prejudicial law enforcement. Some of these positive changes bear our clear and unmistakable signature; others are the result of our behind-the-scenes efforts. Nonetheless, our successes have not lulled us into complacency about the many challenges that lie ahead. Without your support, and the support of other dear friends like you, we would be unable to continue our mission, and the end-of-year report gives us an opportunity to Att. Avi Segal Naomi Kahn Att. Yael Cinnamon Avraham Binyamin express our gratitude to those who have made this year's progress possible. International Division Spokesman I would also like to take this opportunity to inform you that after many years of intensive work at Regavim, I have accepted a new and challenging role as Director General of the Binyamin Regional Council. I take leave of Regavim, which has 3 Field Coordinators been my second home for over a decade, gratified by the knowledge that I am entrusting the organization and its vital mission in capable hands.