Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights (Hebrew:במקום ) is an Israeli non-profit organization established in May 1999 by planners and architects seeking to address human rights concerns in their spatial and urban designs. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Bimkom's goals include retroactively legalizing illegal construction in Arab neighborhoods [1]and promoting greater public involvement in the planning process. Its strategies include community-planning activities, educational activities, and public out-reach activities.
Bimkom has undertaken projects in the Negev Desert of southern Israel to aid Bedouin living in unrecognized villages. The Negev (נֶגֶב Tiberian vocalization: Néḡeḇ) is the Desert region of southern Israel. The Bedouin, (from the Arabic (ar بدوي pl badū) are a desert-dwelling Arab Nomadic pastoralist, or previously A plan for building 1,900 housing units in the Arab village of Issawiya, northwest of the road to Ma'aleh Adumim was approved by the Jerusalem Municipality in 2005. Ma'ale Adumim (מעלה אדומים is an Israeli Settlement and city located east of Jerusalem in the West Bank and on the edge of the Judean According to Jerusalem mayor Uri Lupolianski, it is one of 50 plans under way for improving the status of East Jerusalem residents and providing a solution for the acute housing shortage. Uri Lupolianski was elected Mayor of Jerusalem on June 6, 2003, after serving on the Jerusalem City Council from 1989. East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. [2]
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- ^ Jerusalem advancing building plan for Arabs http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/907562.html
- ^ J'lem municipality advancing plan to build 1,900 apartments for Arabs - Haaretz - Israel News
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