The absentee status does not change should the person come back or actually still be in the country. Then they are known as present absentees. No compensation is ever offered. The geographic continuity of Arab communities. Though the state recently granted Nazareth municipality land on which to build an industrial zone as part of its local development plan, part of that land was subsequently zoned as an environmental area in the Israel 2020 national plan, thus preventing work from beginning.
Today there is one Palestinian Arab representative on national planning committees.
Until recently, there was none. Palestinian Arabs arealso severely under-represented on district and local planning authorities. Forced Evictions Houses built outside the planning framework or without the appropriate permit are subject to demolition. There are 12,000 demolitions orders outstanding in the Galilee alone. This policy is particularly hard on residents of a number of villages unrecognised by the state, who are unable to get permits under any circumstances.