[News] Israel demolishes unrecognized al-Araqib for 139th time

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  Israel demolishes unrecognized al-Araqib for 139th time

Jan. 31, 2019 - http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=782399
NEGEV (Ma'an) -- Israeli bulldozers demolished the unrecognized Bedouin 
village of al-Araqib in the Negev desert in southern Israel for the 
139th time, on Thursday morning.Villagers of al-Araqib reported that 
Israeli forces and the "Yoav" unit from the Israeli Negev Development 
Authority stormed the village, escorting bulldozers and vehicles that 
carried out the demolition.

Women, children, and the elderly of the village, were evacuated and left 
without shelter.

Three women, alongside head of the village's popular committee, Ahmad 
Khalil Abu Mdeighem, were detained by Israeli forces and released a few 
hours after the demolition was carried out.


The Israeli demolitions of al-Araqib are carried out in attempts to 
force the Bedouin population to relocate to government-zoned townships.

Like the 34 other Bedouin villages “unrecognized” by Israel, al-Araqib 
does not receive any services from the Israeli government and is 
constantly subjected to the threats of expulsion and home demolition.

These "unrecognized" villages were established in the Negev soon after 
the 1948 Arab-Israeli war following the creation of the state of Israel, 
when an estimated 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their 
homes and made refugees.

Many of the Bedouins were forcibly transferred to the village sites 
during the 17-year period when Palestinians inside Israel were governed 
under Israeli military law, which ended shortly before Israel's military 
takeover of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 1967.

Now more than 60 years later, the Bedouin villages have yet to be 
legally recognized by Israel and live under constant threats of 
demolition and forcible removal.
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