Also, foreign delegates and members of the church representatives are approached. The government floats proposals for resettlement of the uprooted in various localities and promises financial assistance benefits. The uprooted insist on returning to their homes and properties at their village, Kufr Bire'm. The uprooted start burying their dead, in the cemetery of Kafr Bire m, renewing their bonds with their ancestors through practicing religious ceremonies as well holding Summer camps and festivals . The change in security conditions after the 1967 war and the rescinding of the military rule over the Arab residents of Israel two years earlier ignites hopes in the hearts of the uprooted for a favorable climate for their return to their village.
Authorities decline their request.
This decision gains the uprooted wide publicity and public support both inside and outside the country. Prime Minister Menahem Begin promises the uprooted their return. Similar attempts are made by the minister for minorities affairs, Moshe Arens, in order to bring a solution to the historical lands of the village, all these attempts fail after being blocked by Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir. The uprooted hold the first summer camp for their children on the site of the village. Since then, hundreds of children have experienced the feeling of returning home.