arab h r assoc nazareth from center for policy research cpr subject arab h r assoc nazareth the arab association for human rights p o box nazareth israel phone fax the arab association for human rights hra was formed in to address discriminatory practices and human rights abuses by israel against its palestinian citizens it is a unique association concerned with the civil political economic social and cultural rights of the palestinian national minority in israel among the issues of concern are land confiscation education prison conditions unemployment torture and the unequal allocation of israel s resources today there are around palestinian arabs living within the green line the pre borders of israel constituting of israel s citizens for them it is an empty citizenship in a system geared exclusively for the needs of the jewish population legally and practically israel has proclaimed itself a jewish state and early promises of equality for non jewish citizens have not been fulfilled this is apparent in many areas strongly affecting the palestinian national minority most arab agricultural land has been confiscated since the arab sector is vastly underfunded and does not receive a fair share of state resources on a day to day level palestinians face discrimination in many different forms and find it is a struggle to get permission to build a house start a business find a job or educate their children activities monitoring civil economic cultural and human rights abuses of palestinians within the green line taking carefully selected test cases to court providing legal advice and assistance to lawyers in the occupied territories educating the palestinian public as to their rights and methods of mobilization conducting public campaigns on local and international levels researching and publishing pertinent publications
