Last night I posted information and videos of the Palestine destruction of the Bedouin people of Araqib as well as the violence used by the Israeli military against the inhabitants. This was just yesterday!
Standing at the gates of the cemetery
And now they are back again. Please read.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
[17/02/2011 - 05:29 PM]
THE NEGEV,
(Please note, as is usual, Haaretz prints different news quotes and information in the English version than the Hebrew version which complies more with the party line of Israel ~ a fact rarely pointed out. But here it is shown.)
“We are a nation state, which means that the overall sovereignty of the country is reserved for the Jewish people. [...] Today, an international campaign is being waged against the definition of Israel as a Jewish state. I do not want to leave things as is [without a revised loyalty oath, GA], because we are under attack on this matter. The significance of these attacks is that various elements are liable to demand their own national rights and the rights of a state within the state of Israel – in the Negev, for example, if it becomes a region without a Jewish majority. This happened in the Balkans and constitutes a real threat.” (My emphases; Netanyahu’s declaration was included in Haaretz Hebrew edition (26.7.2010), but NOT IN THE ENGLISH ONE)
The Israeli occupation force (IOF) leveled the Negev village of Araqib on Thursday for the 20th time after razing it another time just yesterday.
Beating a female who protested the demoliton ~ "out of camera range"
Bulldozers uprooted tents of the enraged Araqib residents pitched near the village cemetery and surrounded them hampering their movement in the cemetery, locals reported.
Injuries had been reported in the razing yesterday.
The supreme monitoring committee for unrecognized villages said it will launch a series of steps to protest what is happening to Araqib, including a march in the city of Beersheba.
The Israeli Land Fund (JFP) has sights set on controlling Araqib and disposing of dozens of other Bedouin communities it has referred to as ”unrecognized villages”.
Villagers injured in 19th Araqib razing
[16/02/2011 - 04:34 PM]
THE NEGEV,
Residents of the Negev village of Araqib sustained injuries trying to protect their homes as Israeli forces leveled their village for the 19th time on Wednesday.
Bulldozers led by Israeli police and special units invaded the village Wednesday morning and leveled the makeshift homes erected over the ruins of the original homes first demolished in August 2010.
The soldiers used rubber bullets to immobilize Palestinians seeking to interfere with the demolition and forced the villagers from their homes at gunpoint.
The demolition vehicles then began digging with sights set on planting trees there and annexing the land to the Israel Land Fund (JNF).
Police banned media presence at the scene to cover the incident.
The Araqib defense committee is calling for the quick rescue of the villagers who currently have taken refuge in a nearby cemetery
The demolition vehicles then began digging with sights set on planting trees there and annexing the land to the Israel Land Fund (JNF).
Police banned media presence at the scene to cover the incident.
The Araqib defense committee is calling for the quick rescue of the villagers who currently have taken refuge in a nearby cemetery
Not all Israelis are complacent about this situation with the Bedouin. The strongest voices against these actions by the government are those of activist Israelis which includes several rabbis as well. Below are some of their sites and articles if you wish to learn more about the Bedouin and their situation. Many of these activists have been arrested for their actions against the state in terms of helping block the government thugs or helping to rebuild the villages after they have been torn down. In BEDOUINS BARRICADED IN CEMETERY there is a film of these activists at work and speaking of the situation, trying to publicize these actions of the government.
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