Watch the 2021 Bimkom Conference (Hebrew only)
The 2021 Bimkom conference “Human Rights and Ethics of Planning Cultural Landscapes in Israel-Palestine” is now available for viewing on YouTube.
Ein al- Jweize, al-Walaje
Update: On March 30, 2022, the Supreme Court met and ruled to freeze evictions in Al-Walaje for (for now) six months. Update: In May 2020, the Supreme court ordered the District Planning Committee to hold a hearing regarding the residents’ plan. A public hearing was held in June 2020 and then another internal hearing was … read more
No to Lowering the Required Majority for Raze-and-Rebuild
The initiative of Housing and Construction Minister Ze’ev Elkin (New Hope) to lower the necessary majority of residents in favor of raze-and-rebuild projects to 51%, making it possible to advance such projects with just a simple majority of residents, is extremely harmful. The initiative is based on a flawed assumption that opposition to raze-and-rebuild is … read more
Housing Policy in East Jerusalem Must Change
At the 2021 JStreet conference, Bimkom employee Sari Kronish delivered a 10-minute speech on the unjust housing policy in East Jerusalem. Sari tackles forms of displacement, restrictive planning, and more. Watch the full speech here.
East Jerusalem Expropiation Maps
Following the de facto annexation of East Jerusalem, the State of Israel gradually expropriated roughly a third of the annexed land. On the expropriated areas, new neighborhood-settlements were built. The expropriation maps were referenced in official documents but were not fully available to the general public. As a result, information was obtained only partially and … read more
Thank you for your support of Bimkom’s activities!
Dear friends, At the start of the Jewish year I want to take this opportunity to thank you again for your support of Bimkom’s activities. This has not been an easy year. The Coronavirus has not ended and has only added further burdens to marginalized and weakened populations that we work with. Bimkom’s staff and board have continued, throughout … read more
When will we ever learn…?!
March 30, 1976, marked the first Land Day. The demonstrators then protested the government’s decision to expropriate land belonging to Arab citizens in the Galilee. The protest focused on the ongoing economic and cultural discrimination on the part of the Israeli government. Army and police forces were brought in to the Arab communities to suppress … read more
Human Rights Day, Dec 10th 2020
As it does each year, the UN chooses a theme for Human Rights Day. This year’s Human Rights Day theme relates to the COVID-19 pandemic and focuses on the need to build back better by ensuring Human Rights are central to recovery efforts. We will reach our common global goals only if we are able to … read more
Database of West Bank Mobile Pastoralist communities
Bimkom has launched a website about mobile pastoralist communities in the West Bank! https://mpcommunities.bimkom.org On the website, you will find detailed, updated, and accessible information on about 100 Palestinian mobile pastoralist communities living in the West Bank and in particular in Area C.
Development is a Condition for Continued Existence: Bedouin Women’s Conference
Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights held a women’s conference titled “Development is a Condition for Continued Existence.” Bimkom organized this conference in response to the desire of the Bedouin communities we partner with in the West Bank and the Negev, and in collaboration with the women within those communities who chose this topic.
