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1、TheRamificationsofHouseDemolitionsinIsraelontheMentalHealthofChildrenThankstoTalManor,interventioncoordinatorintheproject.Thispositionpaperisbasedonhisworkandwaspreparedwithhisassistance.OrlyAlmi,Coordinator,UnrecognizedNegevVillagesProject,PHR-Israel
2、HousedemolitionsarenotuncommoninIsrael,butareimplementedonaparticularlywidespreadscaleamongthePalestinianIsraelicitizensofthestateinnumerouscommunities.Theworstsituation,inbothlegalandnumericalterms,isthatwhichprevailsintheunrecognizedvillagesintheNeg
3、ev,whereover200buildingshavebeendemolishedinrecentyears.Thebuildingsweredemolishedbecausetheirconstructionwascontrarytothelaw.Therealityisthatthereiseffectivelynopossibilitytobuildlegallyinthesecommunities,sincetheirstatushasnotbeenresolvedandthereisn
4、oauthoritytowhichapplicationsforbuildingpermitsmaybesubmitted.SeveralthousanddemolitionordersarependingintheNegev.Theseareimplementedonanarbitrarybasis,thoughtheintentionisdeliberate:tomakethelivesoftheresidentsunbearable,andtoforcetheBedouinArabresid
5、entsoftheNegevtomovetothetownsthatthestatehasestablishedforthem.Thesetownssymbolize,morethananythingelse,theprofoundstateofneglectinwhichtheArabresidentsoftheNegevhavelivedfromthemomenttheyrelinquishedtheirland.Yetwhiletheyremainontheland,thestateinve
6、stsconsiderableresourcesintransferringthemelsewhere,ratherthanaddressingtheirproblemsandrealizingtheirrightsintheirplacesofresidence.Theprocedureofhousedemolitiontakesplaceinaviolentmanner,generallyincludingthepresenceofhundredsofpolicemen,withtheassi
7、stanceofspecialcombatunitsandhelicopters.Thisportraysthemembersofthefamilyasdangerouscriminals.Thisprocesshasanenormousimpactonthementalconditionofallmembersofthefamily,andindeedontheirphysicalandmaterialcondition.Theongoingandproactivedemolitionofhom
8、esbythestateauthoritieshasdestructiveramificationsforthechildren,whoexperiencegravetraumawhentheirhomeandtheirlifearedestroyed.ThisactionalsohasapotentiallydestructiveimpactonthementalhealthoftensofthousandsofBedouinArabchildrenwholiveintheunr