Call to Protect the Village of Suhmata
from further Israeli expropriations
We, the undersigned, endorse the appeal
launched by ABNAA' SUHMATA
Association regarding the demolished Palestinian Arab
village of Suhmata and reaffirm that the village's lands
belong to its Palestinian residents who
became refugees as a result of Israel's policy of
ethnic cleansing and land
confiscation.
a. We support ABNAA' SUHMATA
Association's call for the restitution of
Suhmata village confiscated lands;
b. We reaffirm the right of return of all
Palestinians to their homes and lands;
c. We insist on the implementation of Palestinian
rights as enshrined in the UN Resolution 194.
In 1948, residents of Suhmata were expelled and their
lands were subsequently confiscated. Two Israeli settlements
have since built on the village lands (Hosen and Tsuriel), and
part of the town of Ma'alot and a recreational lake are also
located on the former village's lands.
At the beginning of January 2008, the Israeli Northern
District Planning and Building Committee announced new plans
to construct yet another new neighborhood east of Ma'alot on
Suhmata's confiscated lands. The neighborhood will consist of
an estimated 3500 housing units, annexing what
remains of Suhmata's lands.
We, the people of Suhmata, as part of the Palestinian
people, are still suffering from the results of the 1948
Nakba, 60 years after the Zionist conquest of our lands.
We still live in exile or displaced within our own homeland.
Consecutive Israeli governments have stolen our property
and homes, destroyed our village and confiscated our lands by
means of ethnically discriminatory legislation and by consistently
denying our right to return to our village.
We insist on the implementation of Palestinian
rights as enshrined in international law and UN Resolution 194,
primary among these being the right of return for all Palestinian
refugees to their lands, homes, and possessions.
We call upon all honest people around
the world to join ABNAA' SUHMATA's
campaign to struggle for the right of return for all
Palestinians and to protect Palestinian lands, including
those of the Suhmata village, from further
Israeli expropriations.
Sign the petition in English:
http://suhmata.com/petition
In Arabic:
http://suhmata.com/petition
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