[News] Israel razes Araqib village in Negev for 206th time

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Israel razes Araqib village in Negev for 206th time
NEGEV, (PIC) - September 7, 2022
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The Israeli authorities demolished on Wednesday morning all the tents and
structures in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Araqib in the Negev desert
for the 206th consecutive time, displacing its Bedouin residents.

According to local sources, Israeli police forces and employees from the
Bedouin development authority — which is responsible for such demolitions —
stormed the village and wreaked havoc on everything.

Consequently, dozens of Bedouin citizens, including children, have become
homeless again and will suffer from the harsh weather conditions of the
desert for a while before they could have new makeshift homes again.

Araqib residents live in a constant state of fear because they expect the
demolition of their village at any moment after they manage to rebuild
their homes again. About 22 families made up of 110 people live in Araqib.

An estimated 80,000 Bedouin Palestinians, who carry Israeli citizenship,
live in several Negev communities, which are often denied vital services,
including water, electricity and educational facilities.

The demolition of al-Araqib and other villages in the Negev is believed to
be a systematic Israeli policy aimed at expelling the native population
from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned areas to pave the
way to expand and build settlements for Jewish communities.

However, such Israeli arbitrary, criminal and inhumane policy of
demolition, uprooting and displacement will only increase the Negev
residents’ resolve and adherence to their lands and villages even if Israel
demolishes them thousands of times.
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