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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel razes Araqib village in Negev for 206th time</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">NEGEV, (PIC) - September 7, 2022<br></div>
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The Israeli authorities demolished on Wednesday morning all the tents
and structures in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Araqib in the Negev
desert for the 206th consecutive time, displacing its Bedouin
residents.<p>
According to local sources, 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>
Consequently, dozens of Bedouin citizens, including children, have
become homeless again and will suffer from the harsh weather conditions
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. About 22 families made up of 110 people live
in Araqib.</p><p>
An estimated 80,000 Bedouin Palestinians, who carry Israeli citizenship,
live in several Negev communities, which are often denied vital
services, including water, electricity and educational facilities.</p><p>
The demolition of al-Araqib and other villages in the Negev is believed
to be 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><p>
However, such Israeli arbitrary, criminal and inhumane policy of
demolition, uprooting and displacement will only increase the Negev
residents’ resolve and adherence to their lands and villages even if
Israel demolishes them thousands of times. </p></div></div></div>
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