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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel razes Araqib village in Negev for 222nd time</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">NEGEV, (PIC) - September 27, 2023<br></div>
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<img src="cid:ii_ln2d3x7a0" alt="-512205249.jpg" width="399" height="266"><br>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 222nd 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 once 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. 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 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></div></div></div>
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