• Stop the demolition of Arab homes!
• No to the racist policies of Netanyahu and his government!
• Implement just solutions, ensure to all the fundamental right for housing!

Today – Tue. April 28, 2015, - Israeli Jewish citizens who seek justice and peace are joining the protest rally organized by the Monitoring Committee of the Arab Citizens of Israel, in protest against the demolition of Arab citizens’ homes all over the country.

The rally will take place at 5:00 am at Tel Aviv‘s Rabin Square, simultaneously with the general strike called by the Monitoring Committee.

"Struggle for Our Homes" - a general strike throughout the Arab society in Israel, and a country-wide rally in Tel Aviv, to protest house demolitions.

The Arab citizens of Israel are today (Tue.) observing a general strike to protest the ongoing demolition of the homes of Arab citizens at various regions: the Triangle, the Negev, the Galilee and in the mixed cities.

The Monitoring Committee of the Arab Citizens of Israel will hold a rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square at 5:00 am.

As stated by the Monitoring Committee, the strike and rally are aimed at voicing the protest of the Arab citizens who suffer from a serious housing crisis, ongoing house demolitions, land confiscation, denial of requests to expand their communities’ municipal jurisdictions and non-approval of zoning plans.

The decision to hold the rally in Tel Aviv is also aimed as a call upon Jewish Israelis to stand together with their Arab fellow citizens and confront together the pernicious and inflammatory policies of the Netanyahu Government , which are leading to escalating ethnic tensions in the Israeli society.

The Monitoring Committee emphasizes that the Right to Housing is an elementary right of each and every citizen, a right which the state and all its institutions are bound to respect and whose implementation they must facilitate.

Speakers at the rally will include elected officials, Knesset Members of the Joint List which garnered 13 seats in the recent general elections, as well as Jewish and Arab public figures.

Contact: Abed Anabtawi 054-4645547 Raja Za’atra 054-4663857

Note: The name of the leadership body of Israel’s Arab citizens is often translated as “The High Follow-up Committee”. In the opinion of the present translator, “Monitoring Committee” is a more precise English translation.