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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel Charges Al Araqeeb Residents
$0.5m to Cover Cost of Demolition of Their Village<br>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">August 6, 2019<br>
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<p>Arab Bedouins living in the “unrecognized” village of
Al-Araqeeb have been ordered to pay 1.6 million shekels
($0.46 million) to cover the cost of the Israeli
occupation’s demolition of their homes.</p>
<p>Al-Araqeeb was demolished for the 149th time yesterday,
the third such demolition in the space of two weeks.
This time, Israeli police stormed the village and
dismantled the residents’ tents and threw them into
their four-wheel-drive vehicles. They did not bring
bulldozers or demolition vehicles.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">76 y/o Sheikh Sayyah Altouri,
famous resisting figure in Bedouin Palestinian village
of AlAraqeeb Israel demolished 140 times, shows up in
Israeli kangaroo court facing 10 months in prison,
calls his supporters to protect Palestinian lands
& identity<a href="https://t.co/X66REztyJk">pic.twitter.com/X66REztyJk</a></p>
<p>— Za'atar Akhdar (@Green_Thyme) <a
href="https://twitter.com/Green_Thyme/status/1094950985653465091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February
11, 2019</a></p>
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<p>The demolition forces left the village after it was
confirmed that all the tents belonging to the residents
had been demolished, destroyed and removed.</p>
<p>Forces returned this morning to arrest one of
Al-Araqeeb’s residents, Salim Mohammed Al-Turi Abu
Medegham.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">For the 148th time , Israeli
occupation forces demolish Al Araqeeb village in the
occupied Negev this morning.<a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VoiceOfNations?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VoiceOfNations</a>
<a href="https://t.co/15rhqn3dG7">pic.twitter.com/15rhqn3dG7</a></p>
<p>— Voice of Nations (@VoiceofNations3) <a
href="https://twitter.com/VoiceofNations3/status/1157002018315231232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
1, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Located in the Negev (Naqab) desert, the village is one
of 51 “unrecognized” Arab villages in the area and is
constantly targeted for demolition ahead of plans to
Judaise the Negev by building homes for new Jewish
communities. Israeli bulldozers, which Bedouins are
charged for, have demolished everything, from the trees
to the water tanks, but Bedouin residents have tried to
rebuild it every time.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Meanwhile in Palestine, Israeli
occupation forces have demolished Al Araqeeb village
in the occupied city of Al Naqab for the 145th time. <a
href="https://t.co/BO2kgh4rAF">pic.twitter.com/BO2kgh4rAF</a></p>
<p>— Muhammad Smiry (@MuhammadSmiry) <a
href="https://twitter.com/MuhammadSmiry/status/1144283153005236227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June
27, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Bedouins in the Negev must abide by the same laws as
Jewish Israeli citizens. They pay taxes but do not enjoy
the same rights and services as Jews in Israel and the
state has repeatedly refused to connect the towns to the
national grid, water supplies, and other vital
amenities.</p>
<p>In its ruling, the court said the villagers had “broken
into state-owned land” by rebuilding their demolished
homes.</p>
<p><em>(Middle East Monitor, PC, Social Media)</em></p>
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