Israel destroys a whole Negev (Al-Naqab) Village – 200 Children left Homeless as crowd of Jews Cheered
27. Jul, 2010
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Updated 28/07/2010
Israeli” police evicted 200 Palestinian Bedouins and demolished their village as crowd of Jews cheered
Jerusalem (CNN) – Police evicted 200 Bedouins from their homes in a southern Israeli village on Tuesday and demolished their dwellings, an act decried by residents who said they are on ancestral land. The move occurred five miles north of Beer Sheva in a village called Al-Araqeeb, an enclave not recognized by the state of Israel. Witnesses told CNN that the Israeli forces arrived at the village accompanied by busloads of civilians who cheered as the dwellings were demolished. They said armed police deployed with tear gas, water cannon, two helicopters and bulldozers. But Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said there were no disturbances and the operation went according to plan. He said the move was in response to a court order and people had been settling there illegally. Rosenfeld said there were about 30 shacks and 200 people removed. Villagers said they’ve lived in the region for years back to the Ottoman days before Israel was founded, and have original deeds to the land. After the Israeli forces left the scene, some villagers immediately started rebuilding their dwellings. “The state of Israel is treating us like cockroaches,” said Sulaiman Abu Mdian, 29, a father of four who works as a chicken farmer. Bedouins are Arabs who live in the desert regions of the Middle East. Some are nomadic and others are sedentary and remain in one location.
CNN’s Paul Colsey, Kareem Khadder and Ben Wedeman contributed to this report.
Destruction implemented though land ownership still pending in court
Netanyahu calls Bedouin citizens of Israel “real threat” – and next, an entire village in the Negev is demolished
Early this morning police raided the unrecognized Bedouin village of al-Arakib in the Negev, destroyed all 40 of its houses, and evicted more than 300 residents. The residents, mostly children, were left homeless. The unprecedented raid began at about 4:30 in the morning, residents were surprised to wake up surrounded by a huge force of 1,500 police with guns, stun grenades, helmets and shields, including hundreds of Special Riot Police (Yasam) as well as mounted police, helicopters and bulldozers.
At the residents’ call, dozens of left-wing activists and volunteers arrived from all over the country, helping them to offer non-violent resistance. Several residents were bruised and beaten by police, thjough not needing medical attention. One woman demonstrator was detained by the police. The police removed the residents’ property into prepared containers, and bulldozers demolished the residential buildings and sheepfolds and destroyed the residents’ fruit orchards and olive tree groves.
The villagers, mostly children and old people, were left stunned near the destroyed village, shelterless and waterless under the blazing sun
The destruction of the village was carried out despite dispute over ownership of the land still pending in the courts. Residents of al-Arakib are neither squatters nor invaders: their village has existed many years before the creation of Israel in 1948. Residents had been evicted by the state in 1951, but returned to the land on which they live and which they cultivate. Ownership of the land is now the subject of proceedings in the Be’er Sheva District Court, where academic researchers have already testified in confirmation of the residents’ ownership right in the land.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1178648.html
The destruction’s declared aim is to facilitate plans by the Jewish National Fund to plant a wood on the site. We regard this demolition as a criminal act. Bedouin citizens of Israel are not enemies, and forestation of the Negev is not a reasonable pretext for destroying a community which is more than 60 years old, dispossessing its residents, and violating the basic rights of hundreds of Israeli civilians, men, women and children.
This act by the state authorities is no “law enforcement” – it is a act of war, such as is undertaken against an enemy. This act cannot be dissociated from yesterday’s statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who at the cabinet meeting sounded a warning about “a situation in which a demand for national rights will be made from some quarters inside Israel, for example in the Negev, should the area be left without a Jewish majority. Such things happened in the Balkans, and it is a real threat.” Presenting the Bedouin citizens of Israel as “a real threat” gives legitimacy to the expulsion of Israel’s Bedouin citizens from the Negev in order to “Judaize” it. We call on all who care for democracy to give their support to this threatened community.
Source: Haaretz.co
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Ah, isn’t racism just adorable??!! Wonder what people would do if that happened in the US? Rodney King riots all up in your …..???
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kali Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 2:04 am
The Israeli police would shoot to kill! what do you think?
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That’s horrible,
Can you please replace “Negev” with Al-Naqab
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Genocide, just genocide. The “people!” of IS-RA-EL worship their Satan in the blood and distress of the innocent.
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if it happened in the US media would cover it up and justify it, as long as its white people who are killed
does waco and ruby ridge ring a bell
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It seems very clear, at the present time, that the two most unstable countries in the entire world are USA, and Israel. These two countries have recently shown, on many occasions, exactly how they feel about, not only the rest of the world, but their own citizens as well and the answer is quite appalling. It seems that those in control of these countries and their so called puppet leaders have one goal in mind and that is to cause as much mayhem and destruction as possible. There can be no other reason for their actions because they can no longer say that it is for the good of the people when it is destroying the lives of each and every citizen local and abroad. Something very sinister is going on in our world and it reaches far beyond the boundaries of money, greed, and power. No this sort of behavior will have a much deeper effect on mankind. It seems as though the powers that be have taken off the kid gloves and are bearing their ugly face to the rest of the world. The most important thing to remember is that they are like vampires that feed off things like anger, envy, greed, hate, and most of all fear so rather than the response that they expect us to make, filled with anger and vengeance, we must respond with understanding and forgiveness. We must retaliate with LOVE because LOVE is the one true thing that they cannot possibly respond to. Even the tiniest iota of TRUE LOVE can destroy every bit of anger, fear, envy, and violence, not only in our world, but in our entire universe. That is the true POWER OF LOVE and that is the only TRUTH. We are all brothers and sisters of existence, we are all one, and as one we are eternal and forever. Oneness and love is the key to this eternality and, as one, we must not allow petty thins like fear, envy, and hate stand in the way of our happiness. I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH, including the powers that be. In a world of TRUE LOVE even creatures of greed, and anger are welcome.
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Eviction of 200 Bedouin families from Al-Araqib village by the Israeli forces forcefully are completely a brutal,unethical and genocidal act which is in-tolerable by the peace loving people.
Presenting the Bedouins of Israel as “a real threat” by Netanyahu is a false propaganda.The Israeli Govt.is planning to displaced all Muslim,Christian,Arab,Bedouin and Palestinian from their ancestral land and replaced by the Jews people imported from abroad.
This sort of criminal act should be stopped immediately.The peace and human rights activists from Israel,Palestine and other countries should act on it to stop Israel–the real enemy of culture,peace,human rights,mankind and civilization.
May ALLAH help those Bedouins ,Palestinians and all the human beings on earth.
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Like any other mad dog, Israel will destroy itself, and soon.
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Bodhan, yes there is something evil going on, a principle of destruction. If you reseach the the Talmud and what it says about all gentiles (unexpugated)you will be stunned but also understand why zionists rob and kill with ease. I also recommend The Conspiracy of Zion by Douglas Reed-you can find the book at the FrenchConnection.com. Here in the US “our”govt,media and finance is under zionist control and we are going down
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Sandra Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 8:48 am
Frank, the correct website where people can find the online and audio version of The Controversy of Zion is http://www.iamthewitness.com
That site is an excellent source of information and everyone should make sure they listen to the audios of Benjamin Freedman, who warned us back in 1961 that he zionists rule this nation as though they were absolute monarchs.
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This is a good example of how ruthless and heartless the enemy is. Israel, Afganistan, etc, is just where the media spotlight is at the moment, by will of the sick beings in power(whatever they are, they aren’t human, and if they are, then I am not). The visual effect of seeing war in other countries has the strong effect of making us believe its far away and not relevant. The people we’re letting rule us are bombing children for a few extra quid and a bit more power…..Anything except complete extermination of the way of thought that promotes un-equality and twisted justice 100% is no good. Something dramatic has to happen, and its time people started talking about our realistic options in the face of an enemy that cannot be reasoned with.
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On reading the report of the destruction of this Village of innocemts, I recalled another Village Lidice…..
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I am from vancouver,canada and i wanted to say, what the israeli gov.did at Al- Naqab village is one more example of the fascist,apartheid policy of the israeli gov.This is kept going by the western imperialist govs.like canada,usa and europe.If it wasn’t for western imperialism the apartheid gv.of israel would be overthrown long ago.
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