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</font><h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish Al-Araqeeb Village for 182nd Time</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">January 21, 2021<br></div>
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A woman stands in front of an Israeli bulldozer in Al-Araqeeb. (Photo: via Social Media)
<p>Israeli occupation forces demolished the village of Al-Araqeeb, in
the Negev Desert, on Tuesday, for the 182nd time, Anadolu and other
agencies have reported.</p>
<p>Local sources said that the Israeli forces entered the village with a
number of bulldozers and demolished homes and tents. The residents were
displaced. One of them, Aziz Al-Touri, explained that the demolition
went ahead despite the awful weather.</p>
<p>“It was raining and cold,” he said, “but the Israeli forces still
demolished our homes.” He pointed out that this is the seventh time that
Israel has destroyed their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>The people of Al-Araqeeb affirmed their steadfastness and
determination to stay on their land and rebuild their homes and tents
yet again. They stressed their rejection of Israel’s plans to destroy
dozens of villages in the Negev with the aim of displacing their people
and seizing their land. Israel plans to build Jewish towns in their
place.</p>
<p>Al-Araqeeb was demolished for the first time in 2010. Israel does not
“recognize” the village, but its residents point out that they own the
land and have done since the Ottoman period, decades before Israel was
created in occupied Palestine. They intend to remain there despite the
repeated demolitions.</p>
<p><em>(MEMO, PC, Social Media)</em></p>
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