SOCIAL, ECONOMIC SITUATION OF PALESTINE REFUGEE BEDOUINS IS ‘NONVIABLE,’ UN REPORTS

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SOCIAL, ECONOMIC SITUATION OF PALESTINE REFUGEE BEDOUINS IS
'NONVIABLE,' UN REPORTSNew York, May 28 2013 2:00PMThe transfer of
Palestine Bedouin families to an urban location has deprived them of
social cohesion and is destroying their traditional economic base,
according to a, unprecedented United Nations-backed study
<"http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=1763">released today.

The joint study, the first of its kind on the issue, was compiled by
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in
the Near East (UNRWA) and an Israeli non-profit organization, Bimkom.

It analyzes the transfer against their will of 150 Palestine refugee
Bedouin families to Al Jabal village starting in 1997 to expand the
Israeli Ma'ale Adummim settlement outside of Jerusalem, stating that
their situation has become socially and economically "nonviable."

The launch of the study comes as Israeli authorities plan to relocate
all remaining rural refugee Bedouin communities from the areas around
Jerusalem to a second location, UNRWA says in a news release. If
authorities move forward with the plans, the number of displaced
people would be four times higher than those relocated to Al Jabal.

According to UNRWA Spokesperson, Chris Gunness, "the Israeli
authorities are currently considering plans to create a second
centralized Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank. However the
stark conclusions of this report may lead to a reassessment of this
policy."

UNRWA added that it remains "concerned" that more than six decades
after they were first displaced from their homes, Palestine refugees
continue to face the threat of displacement and loss of livelihood.

In the UNRWA-Bimkom report, authors contend that the type of urban
planning developed by the Israeli authorities for Al Jabal is "not an
appropriate solution."

The authors stressed that the allocation of a small parcel for each
family and the connection to minimal infrastructure "can lead to
significant harm to human rights."

In addition, the joint study notes that Al Jabal is located next to
the largest rubbish dump in the West Bank where 700 tonnes of waste
are disposed of daily. The waste creates "high levels of toxic gases
which pose an immediate health threat to residents, but also cause
internal and surface combustion" which can lead to explosions, fires
and other safety hazards.

In addition, the site is home to high numbers of pests thriving off
the site and its surroundings include rats, packs of dogs, cockroaches
and flies, "all of which pose significant health threats to livestock,
the young and those of less robust health."

The authors urged an appropriate plan to take into account
socio-cultural aspects, provide subsistence and development
opportunities, be developed with the villagers themselves and must be
acceptable to them.

The study also noted that the Ma'ale Adummim settlement, "like all
settlements is illegal under international law."May 28 2013 2:00PM
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