On Monday, May 22, at least 16 Palestinian families (almost 170 people) were forcibly expelled from their homes near the Ein Samiya spring and the Palestinian village of Kufr Malek, 27 kilometers northeast of Ramallah. The spring is wedged between Kufr Malek and the illegal Jewish-only colony of Kohav HaShahar and the nearby illegal outpost […]
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Israel demolishes Palestine Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb for 212th time
The Israeli Forces demolished, on Tuesday, the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb, in the Negev region in southern Israel, for the 212th time, Anadolu News Agency reported, citing local sources. Eyewitnesses said Israeli bulldozers, under police protection, stormed the village and forced the villagers out of their tin houses and tents, before demolishing them for […]
Is there Truth to the Bedouin Legend of the Great River in the Desert?
The Bedouin of the southern Arabian desert have a legend about a great river in the west, and an eighth century Arabic poem talks of wild cows living in the Empty Quarter. Can it be true? The Empty Quarter, also known as the Rub al-Khali, is the largest sand desert in the world, covering an […]
3 teens shot in Bedouin town of Rahat; 2 of them in critical, serious condition
Three young teens were shot and injured overnight Wednesday in the Bedouin city of Ramat, suffering critical, serious, and moderate injuries. Police said the teens, aged 13-14, were shot in the 21st Neighborhood of the southern city. Initially, cops were alerted that two people had been shot and officers who arrived on the scene found […]
With mere 2% vaccinated, unrecognized Bedouin villages are an Israeli blind spot
Deep in the Negev desert, Bedouin residents of a village deemed illegal by the government say more houses have been demolished than people vaccinated, despite Israel’s world-beating coronavirus inoculation drive. “No one is vaccinated here,” said Adnan al-Abari, a maintenance worker at the school in Tel Arad. Israel is a global leader in coronavirus vaccinations […]
Kids at Israeli Bedouin school are learning how to spend the day without water
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Ex-top investigator alleges prosecution coverup in police killing of Bedouin man
The former head of the Israel’s police internal affairs unit has reportedly alleged that the State Prosecution tried to bury an investigation into the fatal police shooting of a Bedouin man in 2017 in an attempt to protect the image of law enforcement agencies. The head of the Police Internal Investigations Department at the time […]
Court reduces sum Bedouin must pay Israel for demolition of their unrecognized village
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Israel razes Bedouin campsite in largest West Bank demolition in a decade
Israeli bulldozers flanked by soldiers demolished a small Bedouin village in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank on Tuesday morning, rendering around 73 Palestinians — including 41 children — homeless, according to the United Nations. International observers visited Khirbet Humsa, close to the West Bank city of Tubas, on Wednesday, finding destroyed tents, smashed […]
Government asks High Court for more time to prepare razing of Bedouin village
The state told the High Court of Justice on Monday that it will not raze the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the southern West Bank in the next several months and asked to be granted more time to iron out details of how the removal will be implemented. The request in the name of […]
This Bedouin poet began writing at 46. Her feminist work is now celebrated globally
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Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Bedouin Village for 177th Time (VIDEO)
Source August 27, 2020 Israeli forces habitually destroy al-Araqeeb village. (Photo: via Twitter) The Israeli authorities today demolished the Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb, in the Naqab desert, for the 177th time since 2000 and for the sixth time this year, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli police broke into the village and […]
New Report Reveals Israel Demolishes Over 2,000 Palestinian Bedouin Homes per Year
August 03rd, 2020 Source By Miko Peled A report published in June of 2020 states that in 2017, 2018 and 2019, the state of Israel demolished over two thousand homes of Palestinian citizens of Israel per year in the Naqab region alone. The report was put together by an Israeli Non-Governmental agency called, “The Negev Coexistence Forum […]
Israeli court approves destruction of Bedouin village, despite Congressional and EU protest
Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank Children laugh and play in the small Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, located east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, jumping on tin sheets laid out on the ground and throwing any object they retrieve from the dirt at one another. The children’s loud giggling and the wide smiles […]
Israel Destroys the Homes and History of Palestine’s Indigenous Bedouin
BIR-AS-SABA’, NAQAB (Analysis) — The Naqab region is assumed to be an integral part of the apartheid state of Israel. However, like all other parts of historic Palestine, it was taken by force and occupied since 1948, when the Zionist state was established. For the last seven decades its indigenous people, the Palestinian Bedouin who […]
Israel expropriates Bedouin village, then sentences 68-yo sheikh to 10 months in prison for trespassing – on his own land
The Bedouin village of Al Araqib in the southern Negev has been demolished for well over 100 times. Its ethnic cleansing follows a similar pattern and logic to that of other Bedouin villages such as Umm Al Hiran, which saw violent ethnic cleansing operations this year, also involving extrajudicial execution of an Israeli Bedouin […]
Israeli court sentences 68-year-old Bedouin citizen to 10 months in prison – for trespassing his own land
The Bedouin village of Al Araqib in the southern Negev has been demolished for well over 100 times. Its ethnic cleansing follows a similar pattern and logic to that of other Bedouin villages such as Umm Al Hiran, which saw violent ethnic cleansing operations this year, also involving extrajudicial execution of an Israeli Bedouin citizen. […]
Bedouin community uses Christmas celebration to challenge Israeli land grab
A dozen Palestinian Bedouin children gather on top of Pope Mountain and prepare for the first ever Christmas tree lighting in the area. The mountain echoes with the beats of the famous song “Mawtinee” (Homeland) as the children, the community head council, the Archbishop Hanna Atallah, Fr. Jamal Khader and other Palestinian officials like Walid Assaf […]