"…"The state is pushing its Bedouin citizens to the point where they may launch a popular intifada, which will have severe results... What’s happening here is a gradual ethnic transfer of the Negev's Bedouins.... Read more
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Dozens Injured as al-Araqib Village Destroyed for Ninth Time, Including Knesset Minister’s Office
......More than 155,000 Bedouins live in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, more than half of them in unrecognized villages. Al-Araqib, which was originally comprised of about 45 small structures, was first destroyed on July 27, 2010, then again on August 4, August 10, August 17, September 13, October 13, November 22, and December 23, and Sunday, January 16. Vehicles have been confiscated by Israeli authorities as well and villagers were not allowed to save personal effects.
Israel condemned over Bedouin village demolition - Amnesty International - Nov. 25, 2010
Amnesty International has condemned the Israeli authorities following the demolition of a Bedouin village in southern Israel for the seventh time since July.
Makeshift homes that residents of al-‘Araqib village in the Negev had erected after a previous demolition last month were bulldozed on 22 November by the Israel Lands Administration. The residents, all Israeli citizens, were again evicted by riot police.
“We condemn these repeated demolitions that aim to forcibly evict the residents of al-‘Araqib from the land they have on lived for generations,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
“The fact that the village has been demolished seven times in four months shows that this is not some administrative mistake but a conscious Israeli government policy of dispossession.” Read more
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