The Masterplan


The official plan

On February 2004, after years of continuous struggle, the government recognized Ein Hawd – or rather 80 dunams of it, a very insufficient area for its present existence and its future development.

The total plan gives the village a total amount of land of 80 dunams (1 dunam = 1,000 square metres; 80,000 square metres), an area it has already outgrown. Of this, 13 dunams (13,000 square metres) in the village centre is considered a ‘military area’, so it cannot be developed at all.

Today, Ein Hawd has approximately 250 inhabitants and is part of the Hof Hakarmel jurisdiction area. The other localities in this jurisdiction area enjoy an average of 6 dunams (6,000 square metres) area per person, while Ein Hawd was awarded 0.36 dunams (360 square metres) per person in the plan – about one-twentieth of the average allocation. The designated area for the development of public spaces, open spaces and commerce is already occupied by homes that automatically become illegal with the approval of the master plan and may be demolished; if they are not demolished, the village has no space for the aforementioned activities.

The master plan doesn’t take into consideration large parts of the village; it leaves no space for future expansion, demographic growth, economic development, or future sustainability. Through the switch from unrecognized to recognized, the imposed master plan pushes this village further into a straitjacket of political planning.

FAST plan

Our reaction to the problematic governmental plan was to initiate a new one

Our plan aims at improving the villagers living conditions in the present and the near future

The necessity to implement our plan is crucial both to Ein Hawd and to its surroundings

Our plan takes in consideration the approved road and the existing built context of Ein Hawd

Our plan respects the villagers’ system of land allocation as it is a valuable, efficient and a democratic one

Our plan respects the history and the heritage of the area, culture and nature

Our plan respects Ein Hawd as a low rise, low density, rural village due to its geographical location and life style and recommends to keep it that way

Our plan respects the love of the villagers to the land and to the nature, their agricultural techniques and tales

Our strategic plan for the development of Ein Hawd, takes in consideration the necessity to break down the villagers social, cultural and economical isolation

Our final draft of the plan relates to the approved plan, to the local political constrains, and to the necessity to create a real change in the near future

Due to the special location of Ein Hawd and to the countless hidden potentials of the village, we suggest to transform the village into a pilot and an example, and into the most beautiful Palestinian village in Israel.

For more information contact FAST

 

Contributors


Aaron Betsky


Alexander Kedar


Alwine van Heemstra


Camila Pinzon Corte


Dalia Nachman-Farchi


Dan Handel


Daniela Bellelli


Ein Hawd villagers


Eyal Weizman


Hezi Nachman-Farchi


Malkit Shoshan


Michiel Schwarz


Muhammad abu al Hayja


Ola Jabali


Oliver Clemens


Oren Yiftachel


Petra Blaisse


Sabine Horlitz


Uri Ben Ari


Rassem Khamaissi


The AAA Team (France)


Willem Velthoven