[News] Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish Al-Araqeeb Village for 182nd Time

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Israeli
Occupation Forces Demolish Al-Araqeeb Village for 182nd Time
January 21, 2021
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A woman stands in front of an Israeli bulldozer in Al-Araqeeb. (Photo: via
Social Media)

Israeli occupation forces demolished the village of Al-Araqeeb, in the
Negev Desert, on Tuesday, for the 182nd time, Anadolu and other agencies
have reported.

Local sources said that the Israeli forces entered the village with a
number of bulldozers and demolished homes and tents. The residents were
displaced. One of them, Aziz Al-Touri, explained that the demolition went
ahead despite the awful weather.

“It was raining and cold,” he said, “but the Israeli forces still
demolished our homes.” He pointed out that this is the seventh time that
Israel has destroyed their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The people of Al-Araqeeb affirmed their steadfastness and determination to
stay on their land and rebuild their homes and tents yet again. They
stressed their rejection of Israel’s plans to destroy dozens of villages in
the Negev with the aim of displacing their people and seizing their land.
Israel plans to build Jewish towns in their place.

Al-Araqeeb was demolished for the first time in 2010. Israel does not
“recognize” the village, but its residents point out that they own the land
and have done since the Ottoman period, decades before Israel was created
in occupied Palestine. They intend to remain there despite the repeated
demolitions.

*(MEMO, PC, Social Media)*


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