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<h1 class="title">Israel demolishes al-Araqib Bedouin village for
142nd time</h1>
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NEGEV (Ma'an) -- Israeli bulldozers demolished the unrecognized
Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev desert in southern Israel
for the 142nd time, on Thursday.<br>
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Locals reported that Israeli bulldozers, escorted by Israeli police
forces, demolished residential structures and tents of al-Araqib
villagers, leaving women, children and the elderly without a
shelter.<br>
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Villagers said that they insist on remaining in their village,
adding that they will keep re-building their village.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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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