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Protestors demonstrating against plans to demolish houses in Wadi Ara. (Nitsan Shorer) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 18:15 14/11/2007 Residents of unrecognized Wadi Ara village repave razed road By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent tags: Wadi Ara, Interior Ministry  The residents of the unrecognized village of Dar al-Hanun in Wadi Ara on Wednesday started to repave the access road to the village after local authorities had it demolished overnight. "Our course of action is to repave the road," Mustafa Abu Hilal, a neighborhood resident, told Haaretz. Hundreds of police officers stood guard as Interior Ministry employees, backed by bulldozers, carried out the demolition at approximately 4 A.M. Wednesday morning. The road was ordered destroyed because the area is deemed agricultural, not residential. Advertisement The narrow strip of asphalt was paved several years ago by residents and activists from the peace organization Ta'ayush. The demolition was ordered by the Haifa Magistrate's Court last May. One of the homes of the Abu Hilal family, who built their houses in the neighborhood more than 80 years ago, is also slated for demolition. Tension has been markedly high in Wadi Ara communities, as demolition orders are on the increase. A welding workshop in Arara built in the 1960s was demolished recently while its owner was in jail ? for the fourth time ? for his refusal to demolish it himself. The village was founded 80 years ago by the Abu Hilal family on a hill near the Wadi Ara route, on land owned by the family. In 1949, when the land was transferred to Israeli sovereignty, the authorities did not recognize the village, and the residents were asked to move to nearby villages. Currently, 10 families reside in the neighborhood and refuse to leave. Related articles: Dar al-Hanun has been there 80 years, but state still refuses to recognize it 200 protested demolition orders in unrecognized Wadi Ara village Activists protest house demolitions in Arab village Bookmark to del.icio.us New Kids in the Strip Hamas' new police band lifts spirits by crooning about Islamic holy war. Less than equal A poll shows 70% of youth don't think Bedouin deserve the same rights as Jews   1.   Showing the right wing settlers 19:46  |  Brewster 14/11/07   2.   query 20:16  |  realism 14/11/07   3.   The title should be"An illegal Arab settlement," not unrecognized 20:19  |  Genuine Tosefta 14/11/07   4.   After 80 years! See Israel can remove all settlements 20:33  |  Paver 14/11/07   5.   stupid 20:38  |  mike 14/11/07   6.   Older than the State 21:04  |  Barry Sasson 14/11/07   7.   Equality Israel-style 21:05  |  Chanalau, Tova 14/11/07   8.   genuine tosefta 3 21:32  |  realism 14/11/07   9.   Haaretz 22:27  |  Danite 14/11/07   10.   Paranoid Jews 22:28  |  Danite 14/11/07   11.   Not recognizing what exists 22:33  |  sh 14/11/07   12.   to # 6 Barry Sasson 22:49  |  Steve the Pals. 14/11/07   13.   Slowly, little-by_little... 23:03  |  David James Vickery 14/11/07   14.   Unrecognized Village 23:10  |  Unrecognized Person 14/11/07   15.   Unrecognized Village 23:18  |  Unrecognized People 14/11/07   16.   Genuine Tosefta 23:36  |  notblackorwhite 14/11/07   17.   Arab Bs,in agricultural areas one isn`t allowed t build industria 00:00  |  Absolute Sweden 15/11/07   18.   Sweden and Tosefta 00:54  |  Phil 15/11/07   19.   Wiping Palestinians of the map. 00:58  |  Abe Hayeem 15/11/07

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