Bedouins erect tents only for Israeli forces to return and dismantle them in Negev village earmarked for clearance
Last modified on Thu 6 Jun 2024 22.41 CESTnder the unrelenting heat of the Negev desert, for the fifth time in the last two weeks, Tayaeer Abu Asda has set up an improvised tent, which will serve as a temporary home for his wife and five children for at least the next three days. Abu Asda, 38, a Palestinian Bedouin and truck driver, is one of a group of Bedouins now numbering 500 who have been living for decades in Wadi al-Khalil, a village east of Be’er Sheva, about 12 miles from Gaza.
Israel considers the homes constructed in Wadi al-Khalil to be illegal, and human rights activists say in the past it has used the “unrecognised” status of Bedouins to deprive these villages of basic rights and services and to justify confiscations. The villages lack most basic services, such as rubbish collection and access to water.
His office said: “As the minister promised, there’s a considerable increase in demolitions of illegal houses in the Negev and the minister is proud to lead this policy and is doing it every week. Every outlaw must know the Negev’s lands are not no man’s land, and Israel will fight all out against those who take over lands and try to set reality on the ground.”Photograph: Alessio Mamo/The Guardian
In the appeal, Adalah argued, among other things, that the magistrates court had committed a grave error in concluding that the residents of Ras Jrabah did not have a rightful claim to the land, despite acknowledging that the village has existed in its exact location for 45 years.
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