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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel demolishes Araqib Bedouin
village for 169th time</h1>
December 17, 2019<br>
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<p>Israeli occupation authorities on Monday demolished
all structures in the Palestinian Bedouin village of
Araqib in the Negev desert for the 169th consecutive
time, displacing its residents.</p>
<p>Local official Aziz Attouri said that Israeli
police forces and employees from the Bedouin
development authority, which is responsible for such
demolitions, stormed the village and wreaked havoc
on everything.</p>
<p>Attouri added that the demolitions took place
during the absence of the local residents who were
in an Israeli court, which is responsible for
studying their ownership of the land where they live</p>
<p>Consequently, dozens of Bedouin citizens, including
children, women and elderlies, have become homeless
and will suffer from the harsh weather of the desert
for a while before they could have new makeshift
homes again.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>However, such Israeli arbitrary, criminal and
inhumane policy of demolition, uprooting and
displacement will only increase the residents’
resolve and adherence to their land and village even
if Israel demolishes it thousands of times.</p>
<p>Al-Araqib is one of several Bedouin villages in the
Negev desert, which are “unrecognized” by Israel.</p>
<p>The demolition of al-Araqib and other villages in
the Negev is 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.</p>
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