Thursday 18 December 2008

Zionazis Destroy Another Entire Bedouin Village

Two hundred Israeli police raided the Bedouin village of Abdallah Al-Atrash in the Negev desert in Israel at 5:00am on Tuesday, demolished the entire community and forcibly expelled all 20 families living there.

After over six hours, no structures were left standing and all inhabitants were pushed off their land.

Some residents told the Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in Negev that they plan to sleep amongst the rubble of their demolished homes until new tents can be erected on their land. Others will go live with relatives in another Israeli unrecognized village near Hura.

Concluding a court case begun in 2000, the Israeli government served the residents a demolition and evacuation order four days ago, but provided no alternative location to move to.

The residents, previously expelled from their homes farther west, have been living in Abdallah al-Atrash for 20 years.

Their expulsion came days after the publication of a report by a government-appointed commission recommending the recognition of Negev Bedouin villages east of Route 40. Abdallah al-Atrash lies to the west.

Some 84,000 people live in unrecognized Negev communities which are denied most government services by Israel
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http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=33994

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