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<h1 class="reader-title">Israeli forces demolish homes of
Palestinian village in Negev desert for 148th time<br>
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<p>Jerusalem - August 2, 2019<br>
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<p>Israeli occupation forces have made hundreds of Bedouin
Palestinians homeless after demolishing their village in
the Negev region for the 148th time, the Palestinian
Information Center says.</p>
<p>Israeli authorities, it said, demolished on Thursday
the crude homes and tents in the Bedouin village of
Araqib in the occupied territories, displacing its
residents.</p>
<p>Citing local activist Saleem Araqib, the report said
that Israeli forces, equipped with demolishing
machinery, stormed the impoverished village and forcibly
removed the residents from their homes before wreaking
havoc on everything.</p>
<p>Israeli soldiers and employees from the Bedouin
development authority, which is responsible for such
demolitions, destroyed homes and structures with
demolishing vehicles, tore apart tents with knives, and
plundered chairs, pillows, mattresses and other
belongings and pieces of furniture from the villagers.</p>
<p>Al-Araqib is one of several Bedouin villages in the
Negev desert, which are “unrecognized” by Israel.</p>
<p>The village, with about 220 residents, was initially
demolished on July 27, 2010, but has since been rebuilt
dozens of times by its residents and activists.</p>
<p>The United Nations says the “vast majority” of the
Palestinian structures are destroyed or seized because
Israeli policies make it virtually impossible for
Palestinians to obtain building permits.</p>
<p>Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and structures
have raised alarm among diplomats and human rights
groups over what they regard as Tel Aviv’s continued
violation of international law.</p>
<p>Back in March, the Palestinian Central Bureau of
Statistics (PCBS) reported that Israel had occupied more
than 85 percent or some 27,000 square kilometers of
historical territories of Palestine in an expropriation
process which still continues unabated.</p>
<p>Over half a million Israeli settlers live in more than
230 settlements built since the 1967 occupation of the
West Bank and East Jerusalem. Built on the occupied
land, the settlements are internationally condemned as
illegal.</p>
<p>Palestinians want the West Bank as part of their future
independent state with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its
capital.</p>
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